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The Nonverbal Communication of Sexual Interest
This chapter primarily covers the nonverbal expression of sexual interest in cisgender, heterosexual individuals, from their libidinal urges to their...
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The Verbal and Nonverbal Communication of Romantic Interest
How and where do individuals signal their desire to become romantically involved with another person, and who initiates this process? Although this...
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Reciprocal Relationship Between Learning Interest and Learning Persistence: Roles of Strategies for Self-Regulated Learning Behaviors and Academic Performance
Learning interest (internal driving motivation) and learning persistence (explicit behaviors) are important factors affecting students’ academic...
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Measurement and Correlates of Zoophilic Interest in an Online Community Sample
Sexual interest in animals (zoophilia) is a scant investigated topic owing partially to difficulties in assessing the behavior outside of a clinical...
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Perceived Changes in Sexual Interest and Distress About Discrepant Sexual Interest During the First Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Country Assessment in Cohabiting Partnered Individuals
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, different restrictive measures in terms of physical distancing and lockdowns have been introduced in most European...
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Suicidal Behavior in Central Asian Region
This chapter investigates the epidemiology, risk factors, research, and preventive measures on suicidal behavior in Central Asian Region (CAR). The...
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An Evolutionary Psychological Approach Toward BDSM Interest and Behavior
Bondage/discipline, Dominance/submission, and Sadism/Masochism (BDSM) have gained increased attention and discussion in recent years. This prevalence...
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Childhood Adversity and Offense-Supportive Cognitions Among Czech Adults with a Sexual Interest in Violence or Children
Individuals with paraphilic interests in sexual violence or children may be more likely to sexually offend if they possess offense-supportive...
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The Power of Boredom/Interest-Entertainment in Sha** Modernity, I
This chapter points out how the conceptualization of “reality” helps to explain trends in the developmental history of various Western institutions...
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Tech-Savvy Men and Caring Women: Middle School Students’ Gender Stereotypes Predict Interest in Tech-Education
The labor market is strongly gender segregated with few women working in the tech sector (e.g., IT) and few men working in the care sector (e.g.,...
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A toolkit for wide-screen dynamic area of interest measurements using the Pupil Labs Core Eye Tracker
Eye tracking measurements taken while watching a wide field screen are challenging to perform. Commercially available remote eye trackers typically...
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Transposons in the Williams–Beuren Syndrome Critical Region are Associated with Social Behavior in Assistance Dogs
A strong signature of selection in the domestic dog genome is found in a five-megabase region of chromosome six in which four structural variants...
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Social Interest and Social Well-being Across Adolescence, Young Adulthood, and Middle Adulthood Stages in the Indian Context
The authors examined the relationship between social interest and social well-being across adolescence, young adulthood, and middle adulthood stages....
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Interpersonal Oculesics: Eye-Related Signals of Attraction, Interest, and Connection
While oculesic behaviors may appear at first glance to have a limited capacity for social signaling, this is perhaps due to perceptions of a...
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Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Gulf Region in the Middle East
An overview of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Middle East was published by Kelly and colleagues in 2016....
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Eye-tracking glasses in face-to-face interactions: Manual versus automated assessment of areas-of-interest
The assessment of gaze behaviour is essential for understanding the psychology of communication. Mobile eye-tracking glasses are useful to measure...
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Special Interest and Priority Areas
Special Interests and Priority Areas explores areas of special interest in the U.S., including maternal and child health, chronic and infectious...
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Region of Western Europe (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland)
The chapter at hand consists of four major subsections. First, the chapter starts with a brief description of the relevant countries of Western...
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Trends in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder in California: Disparities by Sociodemographic Factors and Region Between 1990–2018
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) prevalence has risen globally, with regional variation and sociodemographic disparities affecting diagnosis and...
