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Overview

Paul L. Vasey is affiliated with the University of Lethbridge in Canada. Their research intersects several fields and topics, primarily within the social sciences and psychology.

The main fields of study Vasey works in include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Within these broader fields, their work covers subfields such as:

  • Education
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The topics frequently addressed in their research are:

  • Educational and Social Studies
  • Student Assessment and Feedback
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Higher Education Learning Practices

Paul L. Vasey has contributed to recent papers including:

  • "Idiopathic and acquired pedophilia as two distinct disorders: an insight from neuroimaging," 2021, Brain Imaging and Behavior
  • "A Worldwide Internet Study Based on Implicit Association Test Revealed a Higher Prevalence of Adult Males' Androphilia than Ever Reported Before," 2020, The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • "Acquired Pedophilia: international Delphi-method-based consensus guidelines," 2023, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Attitudes towards urban howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in Paraguay," 2022, Primates
  • "Idiopathic and acquired pedophilia as two distinct disorders: an insight from neuroimaging," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Cristina Scarpazza
  • Daiana Colledani
  • Alessandra Rosa
  • Ira Vannini
  • Stefano Ferracuti

Vasey publishes regularly in journals such as:

  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • CADMO
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna)
  • Translational Psychiatry

In addition to journal publications, Vasey has authored a book published with FrancoAngeli titled Progettare e valutare per l'equità e la qualità nella didattica. Aspetti teorici e indicazioni metodologiche (2020).

Best Publications

  • The Geographic Distribution of Big Five Personality Traits Patterns and Profiles of Human Self-Description Across 56 Nations

    David P. Schmitt;Jüri Allik;Robert R. McCrae;Verónica Benet-Martínez

  • Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety: Tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islands

    David P. Schmitt

  • Sexual Orientation, Controversy, and Science:

    J. Michael Bailey;Paul L. Vasey;Lisa M. Diamond;S. Marc Breedlove

  • Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions Are Models of Self and of Other Pancultural Constructs

    David P. Schmitt;Lidia Alcalay;Melissa Allensworth;Jüri Allik

  • Patterns and Universals of Mate Poaching Across 53 Nations: The Effects of Sex, Culture, and Personality on Romantically Attracting Another Person's Partner

    David P. Schmitt

  • Homosexual behavior in primates: A review of evidence and theory

    Paul L. Vasey

  • Homosexual behaviour in animals : an evolutionary perspective

    Volker Sommer;Paul L. Vasey

  • Beards augment perceptions of men's age, social status, and aggressiveness, but not attractiveness

    Barnaby J. Dixson;Paul L. Vasey

  • What can the Samoan "Fa'afafine" teach us about the Western concept of gender identity disorder in childhood?

    Paul L. Vasey;Nancy H. Bartlett

  • Male sexual orientation in independent samoa: evidence for fraternal birth order and maternal fecundity effects.

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Paul L. Vasey

  • A retrospective study of childhood gender-atypical behavior in Samoan fa'afafine.

    Nancy H. Bartlett;Paul L. Vasey

  • Relatedness threshold for nepotism in Japanese macaques

    Bernard Chapais;Carole Gauthier;Jean Prud’Homme;Paul Vasey

  • Is Gender Identity Disorder in Children a Mental Disorder

    Nancy H. Bartlett;Paul L. Vasey;William M. Bukowski

  • Male androphilia in the ancestral environment. An ethnological analysis.

    Doug P. VanderLaan;Zhiyuan Ren;Paul L. Vasey

  • Targets and Tactics of Play Fighting: Competitive versus Cooperative Styles of Play in Japanese and Tonkean Macaques

    Christine J. Reinhart;Vivien C. Pellis;Bernard Thierry;Claude-Anne Gauthier

  • Kin selection and male androphilia in Samoan fa'afafine

    Paul L. Vasey;David S. Pocock;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • Prevalence of Sexual Orientation Across 28 Nations and Its Association with Gender Equality, Economic Development, and Individualism

    Qazi Rahman;Yin Xu;Richard A Lippa;Paul L Vasey

  • Birth order and male androphilia in Samoan fa'afafine.

    Paul L Vasey;Doug P VanderLaan

  • Men’s Preferences for Women’s Breast Morphology in New Zealand, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea

    Barnaby J. Dixson;Paul L. Vasey;Katayo Sagata;Nokuthaba Sibanda

  • Avuncular Tendencies and the Evolution of Male Androphilia in Samoan Fa’afafine

    Paul L. Vasey;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire

    Paul L. Vasey;Lesley Terry

Frequent Co-Authors

Doug P. VanderLaan
Doug P. VanderLaan University of Toronto
Barnaby J. W. Dixson
Barnaby J. W. Dixson University of Queensland
Anthony C. Little
Anthony C. Little University of Bath
Sergio M. Pellis
Sergio M. Pellis University of Lethbridge
Lisa M. Diamond
Lisa M. Diamond University of Utah
David P. Schmitt
David P. Schmitt Kansas State University
J. Michael Bailey
J. Michael Bailey Northwestern University
Maryanne L. Fisher
Maryanne L. Fisher Saint Mary's University
Martin L. Lalumière
Martin L. Lalumière University of Ottawa
Kevin Durkin
Kevin Durkin University of Strathclyde

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