Tania Reynolds
Biographic Data
| ID | 4438286 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tania Reynolds |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tania |
| FAMILY NAME | Reynolds |
| SIGNATURE | REYNOLDS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9639-024X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
I lost my number, can I have yours? Body image satisfaction with sexually dimorphic traits is associated with men's dating anxiety and confidence
Evolutionary scientists posit that sexual selection processes caused males to develop sexually dimorphic traits to aid them during intrasexual competition and increase their likelihood of being chosen as mates. Evolutionary social sciences have extensively examined women's preferences for traits such as muscle mass and voice pitch, reasoning that these traits serve as cues of men's ability to provide direct benefits (e.g., resources) and indirect…
A case for de-diagnosis of harms in the social and behavioral sciences
Behavioral and social scientists are skilled at diagnosing harms in our collectives – we investigate and label discrimination, exclusion, and marginalization. But how skilled are we at knowing when to stop? Identifying more harms is not necessarily better, so we maintain that the well-being of individuals and collectives requires diagnosing harm when appropriate, but also occasionally revisiting the value of those diagnoses and, when necessary, r…
Tradeoffs between self and mates reveal larger sex differences in trait preferences
Exploring Within-Gender Differences in Friendships Using an Online Social Network
People tend to befriend others similar to themselves, generating a pattern called homophily. However, existing studies on friendship patterns often rely on surveys that assess the perspective of relatively few participants on their friendships but do not measure actualized friendship patterns. Here, we used data from a large Slovakian online social network to assess the role of gender, age, and body mass index (BMI) in same-gender online connecti…
Bless her heart: Gossip phrased with concern provides advantages in female intrasexual competition
A Slim Majority: The Influence of Sex Ratio on Women’s Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Loss Motivations
Worth the Risk? Greater Acceptance of Instrumental Harm Befalling Men than Women
Scientific and organizational interventions often involve trade-offs whereby they benefit some but entail costs to others (i.e., instrumental harm; IH). We hypothesized that the gender of the persons incurring those costs would influence intervention endorsement, such that people would more readily support interventions inflicting IH onto men than onto women. We also hypothesized that women would exhibit greater asymmetries in their acceptance of…
Prevalence and predictors of “nesting”: Solutions to adaptive challenges faced during pregnancy
Our Grandmothers’ Legacy: Challenges Faced by Female Ancestors Leave Traces in Modern Women’s Same-Sex Relationships
The Value of Integrating Evolutionary and Sociocultural Perspectives on Body Image
Engagement with Emerging Forms of Sextech: Demographic Correlates from a National Sample of Adults in the United States
Social technology is ever-evolving, and increasingly offers novel domains for sexual experiences. In the current study, we investigated demographic correlates of engagement with emerging forms of sextech , defined here as internet-based applications, platforms, or devices used for sexual pleasure. Our web-based, demographically representative sample included 7,512 American adults aged 18-65 years, with a near-even gender split of men/women and mo…
Did you hear what she did to me? Female friendship victimization disclosures offer reputational advantages
Response to Commentaries: Variation in Women’s Intrasexual Sociality by Life History Strategy, Patrilocal Legacy, and Polygyny
Young adults' romantic investment behaviors on social media
According to Rusbult's (1980) investment model, relationships are built and maintained through continual investment in one partner over potential alternative partners. Social media have continued to become more integrated into people's personal lives, with romantic relationship processes often unfolding in this new landscape. A large body of extant literature has explored how social media influence ongoing romantic relationships, but less is know…
Sextech Use as a Potential Mental Health Reprieve: The Role of Anxiety, Depression, and Loneliness in Seeking Sex Online
Depression, anxiety, and loneliness have long been recognized as global mental health concerns. To temporarily relieve psychological distress, self-soothing behavior is common, including engagement in sexual behaviors that are linked to positive mental well-being. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated many mental health ailments alongside physical distancing regulations, we specifically examined online sexual behavior via the use …
Death of Healthy (vs. Sick) Child Followed by More Grief
Moralization of Covid-19 health response: Asymmetry in tolerance for human costs
Mating Rivalry
Death Before Dishonor: Incurring Costs to Protect Moral Reputation
Predicated on the notion that people’s survival depends greatly on participation in cooperative society, and that reputation damage may preclude such participation, four studies with diverse methods tested the hypothesis that people would make substantial sacrifices to protect their reputations. A “big data” study found that maintaining a moral reputation is one of people’s most important values. In making hypothetical choices, high percentages o…
Competitive reputation manipulation: Women strategically transmit social information about romantic rivals
Competing for love: Applying sexual economics theory to mating contests
Sexual economics theory analyzes sexual relationships in economic and market terms. • Women can offer sex or exclusive sexual access to men in exchange for resources. • Women compete by enhancing physical appearance and denigrating rivals’ reputations. • Men compete both individually and in groups to amass resources to exchange for sex. • Because men can compete as groups, male competition is less zero sum than women’s. Sexual economics theory an…
Competitive reputation manipulation: Women strategically transmit social information about romantic rivals
Competing for love: Applying sexual economics theory to mating contests
Sexual economics theory analyzes sexual relationships in economic and market terms. • Women can offer sex or exclusive sexual access to men in exchange for resources. • Women compete by enhancing physical appearance and denigrating rivals’ reputations. • Men compete both individually and in groups to amass resources to exchange for sex. • Because men can compete as groups, male competition is less zero sum than women’s. Sexual economics theory an…
Engagement with Emerging Forms of Sextech: Demographic Correlates from a National Sample of Adults in the United States
Social technology is ever-evolving, and increasingly offers novel domains for sexual experiences. In the current study, we investigated demographic correlates of engagement with emerging forms of sextech , defined here as internet-based applications, platforms, or devices used for sexual pleasure. Our web-based, demographically representative sample included 7,512 American adults aged 18-65 years, with a near-even gender split of men/women and mo…
Moralization of Covid-19 health response: Asymmetry in tolerance for human costs
Did you hear what she did to me? Female friendship victimization disclosures offer reputational advantages
Bless her heart: Gossip phrased with concern provides advantages in female intrasexual competition
A Slim Majority: The Influence of Sex Ratio on Women’s Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Loss Motivations
Worth the Risk? Greater Acceptance of Instrumental Harm Befalling Men than Women
Scientific and organizational interventions often involve trade-offs whereby they benefit some but entail costs to others (i.e., instrumental harm; IH). We hypothesized that the gender of the persons incurring those costs would influence intervention endorsement, such that people would more readily support interventions inflicting IH onto men than onto women. We also hypothesized that women would exhibit greater asymmetries in their acceptance of…
Competing for love: Applying sexual economics theory to mating contests
Sexual economics theory analyzes sexual relationships in economic and market terms. • Women can offer sex or exclusive sexual access to men in exchange for resources. • Women compete by enhancing physical appearance and denigrating rivals’ reputations. • Men compete both individually and in groups to amass resources to exchange for sex. • Because men can compete as groups, male competition is less zero sum than women’s. Sexual economics theory an…
Mating Rivalry
Death Before Dishonor: Incurring Costs to Protect Moral Reputation
Predicated on the notion that people’s survival depends greatly on participation in cooperative society, and that reputation damage may preclude such participation, four studies with diverse methods tested the hypothesis that people would make substantial sacrifices to protect their reputations. A “big data” study found that maintaining a moral reputation is one of people’s most important values. In making hypothetical choices, high percentages o…
Competitive reputation manipulation: Women strategically transmit social information about romantic rivals
Death of Healthy (vs. Sick) Child Followed by More Grief
Moralization of Covid-19 health response: Asymmetry in tolerance for human costs
Young adults' romantic investment behaviors on social media
According to Rusbult's (1980) investment model, relationships are built and maintained through continual investment in one partner over potential alternative partners. Social media have continued to become more integrated into people's personal lives, with romantic relationship processes often unfolding in this new landscape. A large body of extant literature has explored how social media influence ongoing romantic relationships, but less is know…
Sextech Use as a Potential Mental Health Reprieve: The Role of Anxiety, Depression, and Loneliness in Seeking Sex Online
Depression, anxiety, and loneliness have long been recognized as global mental health concerns. To temporarily relieve psychological distress, self-soothing behavior is common, including engagement in sexual behaviors that are linked to positive mental well-being. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated many mental health ailments alongside physical distancing regulations, we specifically examined online sexual behavior via the use …
Prevalence and predictors of “nesting”: Solutions to adaptive challenges faced during pregnancy
Our Grandmothers’ Legacy: Challenges Faced by Female Ancestors Leave Traces in Modern Women’s Same-Sex Relationships
The Value of Integrating Evolutionary and Sociocultural Perspectives on Body Image
Engagement with Emerging Forms of Sextech: Demographic Correlates from a National Sample of Adults in the United States
Social technology is ever-evolving, and increasingly offers novel domains for sexual experiences. In the current study, we investigated demographic correlates of engagement with emerging forms of sextech , defined here as internet-based applications, platforms, or devices used for sexual pleasure. Our web-based, demographically representative sample included 7,512 American adults aged 18-65 years, with a near-even gender split of men/women and mo…
Did you hear what she did to me? Female friendship victimization disclosures offer reputational advantages
Response to Commentaries: Variation in Women’s Intrasexual Sociality by Life History Strategy, Patrilocal Legacy, and Polygyny
A Slim Majority: The Influence of Sex Ratio on Women’s Body Dissatisfaction and Weight Loss Motivations
Worth the Risk? Greater Acceptance of Instrumental Harm Befalling Men than Women
Scientific and organizational interventions often involve trade-offs whereby they benefit some but entail costs to others (i.e., instrumental harm; IH). We hypothesized that the gender of the persons incurring those costs would influence intervention endorsement, such that people would more readily support interventions inflicting IH onto men than onto women. We also hypothesized that women would exhibit greater asymmetries in their acceptance of…
Exploring Within-Gender Differences in Friendships Using an Online Social Network
People tend to befriend others similar to themselves, generating a pattern called homophily. However, existing studies on friendship patterns often rely on surveys that assess the perspective of relatively few participants on their friendships but do not measure actualized friendship patterns. Here, we used data from a large Slovakian online social network to assess the role of gender, age, and body mass index (BMI) in same-gender online connecti…
Bless her heart: Gossip phrased with concern provides advantages in female intrasexual competition
Tradeoffs between self and mates reveal larger sex differences in trait preferences
I lost my number, can I have yours? Body image satisfaction with sexually dimorphic traits is associated with men's dating anxiety and confidence
Evolutionary scientists posit that sexual selection processes caused males to develop sexually dimorphic traits to aid them during intrasexual competition and increase their likelihood of being chosen as mates. Evolutionary social sciences have extensively examined women's preferences for traits such as muscle mass and voice pitch, reasoning that these traits serve as cues of men's ability to provide direct benefits (e.g., resources) and indirect…
A case for de-diagnosis of harms in the social and behavioral sciences
Behavioral and social scientists are skilled at diagnosing harms in our collectives – we investigate and label discrimination, exclusion, and marginalization. But how skilled are we at knowing when to stop? Identifying more harms is not necessarily better, so we maintain that the well-being of individuals and collectives requires diagnosing harm when appropriate, but also occasionally revisiting the value of those diagnoses and, when necessary, r…
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (13 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 works) · Marriage and Sexual Relationships (5 works)