Who is the most stressed during the COVID‐19 pandemic? Data from 26 countries and areas

M Kowal, T Coll‐Martín, G Ikizer… - … : Health and Well …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background To limit the rapid spread of COVID‐19, countries have asked their citizens to
stay at home. As a result, demographic and cultural factors related to home life have become …

Explaining the success of social media with gratification niches: Motivations behind daytime, nighttime, and active use of TikTok in China

S Scherr, K Wang - Computers in human behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Drawing from niche theory and the uses and gratifications approach, this study explores the
gratification niches of TikTok as a new social media app. As a first step, we developed a …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of the short version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) across 37 Languages

M Kowal, P Sorokowski, BM Dinić, K Pisanski… - Archives of sexual …, 2024 - Springer
Love is a phenomenon that occurs across the world and affects many aspects of human life,
including the choice of, and process of bonding with, a romantic partner. Thus, developing a …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries

M Kowal, P Sorokowski, K Pisanski… - Evolution and Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their
physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to …

WEIRD–Confucian comparisons: Ongoing cultural biases in psychology's evidence base and some recommendations for improving global representation.

K Krys, I de Almeida, A Wasiel… - American Psychologist, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
The realization that most behavioral science research focuses on cultures labeled as
WEIRD—Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (Arnett, 2008; Henrich et …

[HTML][HTML] What drives me to use TikTok: A latent profile analysis of users' motives

L Gu, X Gao, Y Li - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With TikTok rising in social media, the heterogeneity of users creates diversity in motives for
using it. The issue of which profiles of TikTok use motives can be identified warrants greater …

[HTML][HTML] When and how does the number of children affect marital satisfaction? An international survey

M Kowal, A Groyecka-Bernard, M Kochan-Wójcik… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The present global study attempts to verify the links between marital satisfaction and the
number of children as well as its moderators in an international sample. Data for the study …

Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios

KV Walter, D Conroy-Beam… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals.
However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work …

[HTML][HTML] Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world

A Sorokowska, M Kowal, S Saluja, T Aavik, C Alm… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Touch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and
affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging and kissing are universally observed …

[HTML][HTML] Social media–based interventions for patients with cancer: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomised controlled trials

LED Siew, NR Teo, WHD Ang, Y Lau - Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 2023 - Springer
Purpose This review aimed to (1) evaluate the effectiveness of social media–based
interventions for improving the quality of life, anxiety and depressive symptoms of patients …