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 …

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 …

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, develo** a …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The realization that most behavioral science research focuses on cultures labeled as
WEIRD—Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (Arnett, 2008; Henrich et …

Touch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and
affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging and kissing are universally observed …

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 …