"I could see, in the depth of his eyes, my own beauty reflected": Women's assortative preference for narcissistic, but not for Machiavellian or psychopathic male faces

Lyons, Minna; Blanchard, Alyson

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.025

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Sex differences between primary and secondary psychopathy, parental bonding, and attachment style (2016)
Journal Article
Blanchard, A., & Lyons, M. (2016). Sex differences between primary and secondary psychopathy, parental bonding, and attachment style. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 10(1), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000065

Sex differences in primary and secondary psychopathic traits and behaviors are consistently evidenced, although less is known about the developmental trajectories of these differences and why they might arise. In this study (N = 362) we investigated... Read More about Sex differences between primary and secondary psychopathy, parental bonding, and attachment style.

Callous-Unemotional Traits Moderate the Relation Between Prenatal Testosterone (2D:4D) and Externalising Behaviours in Children (2016)
Journal Article
Blanchard, A., & Munoz Centifanti, L. C. (2016). Callous-Unemotional Traits Moderate the Relation Between Prenatal Testosterone (2D:4D) and Externalising Behaviours in Children. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 48, 668–677. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-016-0690-z

Children who exhibit callous-unemotional (CU) traits are identified as developing particularly severe forms of externalising behaviours (EB). A number of risk factors have been identified in the development of CU traits, including biological, physiol... Read More about Callous-Unemotional Traits Moderate the Relation Between Prenatal Testosterone (2D:4D) and Externalising Behaviours in Children.

Baby was a black sheep: Digit ratio (2D:4D), maternal bonding and primary and secondary psychopathy (2016)
Journal Article
Blanchard, A., Lyons, M., & Centifanti, L. (2016). Baby was a black sheep: Digit ratio (2D:4D), maternal bonding and primary and secondary psychopathy. Personality and Individual Differences, 99, 67-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.077

Psychopathy is generally considered to be a male adaptation. While studies have elucidated a relationship to freely circulating testosterone, less is known about the role of prenatal testosterone (PT) in the development of primary and secondary psych... Read More about Baby was a black sheep: Digit ratio (2D:4D), maternal bonding and primary and secondary psychopathy.

"I could see, in the depth of his eyes, my own beauty reflected": Women's assortative preference for narcissistic, but not for Machiavellian or psychopathic male faces (2016)
Journal Article
Lyons, M., & Blanchard, A. (2016). "I could see, in the depth of his eyes, my own beauty reflected": Women's assortative preference for narcissistic, but not for Machiavellian or psychopathic male faces. Personality and Individual Differences, 97, 40-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.025

ew studies have looked at assortative mating for the Dark Triad (i.e., Machiavellianism, psychopathy and narcissism), or assortative mating for facial characteristics related to personality. In two studies (n's = 302 and 262), we investigated whether... Read More about "I could see, in the depth of his eyes, my own beauty reflected": Women's assortative preference for narcissistic, but not for Machiavellian or psychopathic male faces.