Sex differences in sports interest and motivation: An evolutionary perspective.

RO Deaner, SM Balish… - Evolutionary behavioral …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Although girls and women in many societies avidly participate in sports, they have been
traditionally underrepresented compared with boys and men. In this review, we address the …

Evolution, appearance, and occupational success

AC Little, SC Roberts - Evolutionary psychology, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Visual characteristics, including facial appearance, are thought to play an important role in a
variety of judgments and decisions that have real occupational outcomes in many settings …

[BOOK][B] Sport fans: The psychology and social impact of fandom

DL Wann, JD James - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Sports, and the fans that follow them, are everywhere. Sport Fans: The Psychology and
Social Impact of Fandom examines the affective, behavioral, and cognitive reactions of fans …

A sex difference in the predisposition for physical competition: males play sports much more than females even in the contemporary US

RO Deaner, DC Geary, DA Puts, SA Ham, J Kruger… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Much evidence indicates that men experienced an evolutionary history of physical
competition, both one-on-one and in coalitions. We thus hypothesized that, compared to …

[HTML][HTML] Don't look back in anger: A cross-sectional and dyadic examination of the Dark Triad, anger, and aggression in athletes

W Bryan, TC Donachie, RS Vaughan… - Psychology of sport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives The Dark Triad (psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism) has
been linked to anti-social behaviour in sport, and while anti-social behaviour often involves …

Sex differences in sports across 50 societies

RO Deaner, BA Smith - Cross-Cultural Research, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Sports have been frequently explored in cross-cultural studies, yet scant attention has been
paid to female participation. Here we coded the occurrence of sports and related activities …

[BOOK][B] Sexual selection under parental choice: The evolution of human mating behavior

M Apostolou - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Parents often disagree with their children over their choice of partner. Although the reasons
may vary the outcome is very often one of conflict–a conflict peculiar to the human species …

What modern sports competitions can tell us about human nature

P Furley - Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
To fully understand human behavior, it seems inevitable to approach it from an evolutionary
perspective. However, much of human behavior has been overwritten by culture and society …

United in defeat: shared suffering and group bonding among football fans

M Newson, M Buhrmester… - Managing Sport and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Evidence shows that the least successful clubs have the most committed fans–
why? Here, we test the “shared-dysphoria-pathway-to-fusion”(SDPF) hypothesis that fans of …

Distance running as an ideal domain for showing a sex difference in competitiveness

RO Deaner - Archives of sexual behavior, 2013 - Springer
Men are over-represented in the arts, sciences, and sports. This has been hypothesized to
reflect an evolved male predisposition for enduring competitiveness or long-term motivation …