J C Natividade
Biographic Data
| ID | 51890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J C Natividade |
| GIVEN NAMES | J C |
| FAMILY NAME | Natividade |
| SIGNATURE | NATIVIDADE J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3264-9352 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Sociosexual orientation, life history strategy, and reproductive success: A large-scale cross-cultural analysis across 92 contemporary societies
Is the Lamborghini like a peacock's tail? No evidence for relationships between conspicuous consumption and male attractiveness
The function of love: A signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis
Addicted to love? Validity evidence for the Love Addiction Inventory - Brazilian version
Background The Love Addiction Inventory (LAI) is an instrument developed to assess the six dimensions of addiction to a romantic partner: salience, tolerance, mood modification, relapse, withdrawal, and conflict. Objective The present study sought to adapt and provide validity evidence for the Brazilian version of the LAI. Method An online questionnaire was completed by 1310 Brazilian adults who were in romantic relationships. Results The data sh…
Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship
The current study investigates attitudes toward one form of sex for resources: the so-called sugar relationships, which often involve exchanges of resources for sex and/or companionship. The present study examined associations among attitudes toward sugar relationships and relevant variables (e.g., sex, sociosexuality, gender inequality, parasitic exposure) in 69,924 participants across 87 countries. Two self-report measures of Acceptance of Suga…
Validation of the Short Version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) across 37 Languages
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, developing a reliable and valid measure of love experiences is crucial. One of the most popular tools to quantify love is Sternberg’s 45-item Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45), which measures three love components: intimacy, passion, and commitment. However, our literature review re…
Conservatism Negatively Predicts Creativity: A Study Across 28 Countries
Previous studies have found a negative relationship between creativity and conservatism. However, as these studies were mostly conducted on samples of homogeneous nationality, the generalizability of the effect across different cultures is unknown. We addressed this gap by conducting a study in 28 countries. Based on the notion that attitudes can be shaped by both environmental and ecological factors, we hypothesized that parasite stress can also…
Flourishing in the Brazilian context: Evidence of the validity of the Perma-profiler scale
Covid-19 and Social Distancing: A Cross-Cultural Study of Interpersonal Distance Preferences and Touch Behaviors Before and During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 14,000 individual cases from two large, cross-cultural surveys – the first conducted 2 years prior to…
Treinamento De Habilidades Sociais Como Um Caminho Para O Bem-Estar
Healthy relationships between people is one of the main factors that helps to promote wellbeing.It is possible to develop this ability to relate better to others through social skills training (SST).Empathic skills, specifically, which are linked to a state of presence and listening to the other are key skills for better relationships and, consequently, a greater sense of well-being
Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries
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 explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from mating market and parasite stress perspectives, in a large cross-cultural sample. We also test hypoth…
Commonalities and differences between schemas of five types of love
The present study sought to map schemas of five types of love and characterize their commonalities and differences in the Brazilian context. Two studies were carried out sequentially. In Study 1, 537 adults answered open‐ended questions about friends' love, romantic love, parental love, filial love, and self‐love. Responses for descriptions of the different types of love were grouped into 29 thematic categories. In Study 2, we tested the degree o…
Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of Covid-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries
Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the "new normal"-social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic coping may be an important moderator betwee…
Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account for this variability. Here, over 14,000 individuals from 45 countries were asked whether they embraced, stroked, kissed, or hugged their partner, friends, and youngest child during the week preceding the study. We then examined a range of hypothesized individual…
Do Romantic Relationships Promote Happiness? Relationships' Characteristics as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being
This study aimed to investigate the predictive power of aspects of the romantic relationship on subjective well-being, beyond what is explained by sociodemographic and personality variables. Participants were 490 heterosexual adults (68.8% women), all involved in a monogamous romantic relationship. Romantic relationship variables were substantial predictors of the three components of subjective well-being, explaining 21% of the variance in life s…
Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication
Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives—an evolutionary psychological perspective and a biosocial role perspective—offer alternative explanations for these findings. However, the original data on which each perspective relies are decades old, and the li…
Universality of the Triangular Theory of Love: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Triangular Love Scale in 25 Countries
The Triangular Theory of Love (measured with Sternberg's Triangular Love Scale - STLS) is a prominent theoretical concept in empirical research on love. To expand the culturally homogeneous body of previous psychometric research regarding the STLS, we conducted a large-scale cross-cultural study with the use of this scale. In total, we examined more than 11,000 respondents, but as a result of applied exclusion criteria, the final analyses were ba…
Assortative mating and the evolution of desirability covariation
Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison
Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of…
Evidências de validade da Escala de Orientação para a Comparação Social (Incom) para o contexto de adolescentes portugueses
Neste estudo procuramos validar a escala Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Scale numa amostra de adolescentes portugueses. Esta escala mede níveis de orientação da comparação social. Participaram no estudo 238 estudantes portugueses, com idades entre os 13 e os 18 anos (M = 15.43, DP = 1.76). Verificou-se que a estrutura da escala estava de acordo com a versão original do instrumento, dividindo-se em duas dimensões com índices satisfatórios…
Fatores de personalidade como preditores do consumo de álcool por estudantes universitários
Os objetivos deste estudo foram verificar diferenças em fatores de personalidade entre pessoas que consumiram, ou não, álcool na vida, e entre pessoas que ingeriram com maior e menor frequência álcool nos últimos três meses, e testar o poder preditivo dos fatores para o consumo de álcool na vida e para o consumo de álcool, ao menos, mensal. Participaram 169 universitários, 66,7% mulheres, média de idade 21,2 anos. Declararam ter consumido álcool …
Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of Covid-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries
Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the "new normal"-social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic coping may be an important moderator betwee…
Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison
Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of…
Universality of the Triangular Theory of Love: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Triangular Love Scale in 25 Countries
The Triangular Theory of Love (measured with Sternberg's Triangular Love Scale - STLS) is a prominent theoretical concept in empirical research on love. To expand the culturally homogeneous body of previous psychometric research regarding the STLS, we conducted a large-scale cross-cultural study with the use of this scale. In total, we examined more than 11,000 respondents, but as a result of applied exclusion criteria, the final analyses were ba…
Do Romantic Relationships Promote Happiness? Relationships' Characteristics as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being
This study aimed to investigate the predictive power of aspects of the romantic relationship on subjective well-being, beyond what is explained by sociodemographic and personality variables. Participants were 490 heterosexual adults (68.8% women), all involved in a monogamous romantic relationship. Romantic relationship variables were substantial predictors of the three components of subjective well-being, explaining 21% of the variance in life s…
The function of love: A signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis
Conservatism Negatively Predicts Creativity: A Study Across 28 Countries
Previous studies have found a negative relationship between creativity and conservatism. However, as these studies were mostly conducted on samples of homogeneous nationality, the generalizability of the effect across different cultures is unknown. We addressed this gap by conducting a study in 28 countries. Based on the notion that attitudes can be shaped by both environmental and ecological factors, we hypothesized that parasite stress can also…
Covid-19 and Social Distancing: A Cross-Cultural Study of Interpersonal Distance Preferences and Touch Behaviors Before and During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 14,000 individual cases from two large, cross-cultural surveys – the first conducted 2 years prior to…
Fatores de personalidade como preditores do consumo de álcool por estudantes universitários
Os objetivos deste estudo foram verificar diferenças em fatores de personalidade entre pessoas que consumiram, ou não, álcool na vida, e entre pessoas que ingeriram com maior e menor frequência álcool nos últimos três meses, e testar o poder preditivo dos fatores para o consumo de álcool na vida e para o consumo de álcool, ao menos, mensal. Participaram 169 universitários, 66,7% mulheres, média de idade 21,2 anos. Declararam ter consumido álcool …
Fatores de personalidade como preditores do consumo de álcool por estudantes universitários
Os objetivos deste estudo foram verificar diferenças em fatores de personalidade entre pessoas que consumiram, ou não, álcool na vida, e entre pessoas que ingeriram com maior e menor frequência álcool nos últimos três meses, e testar o poder preditivo dos fatores para o consumo de álcool na vida e para o consumo de álcool, ao menos, mensal. Participaram 169 universitários, 66,7% mulheres, média de idade 21,2 anos. Declararam ter consumido álcool …
Evidências de validade da Escala de Orientação para a Comparação Social (Incom) para o contexto de adolescentes portugueses
Neste estudo procuramos validar a escala Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Scale numa amostra de adolescentes portugueses. Esta escala mede níveis de orientação da comparação social. Participaram no estudo 238 estudantes portugueses, com idades entre os 13 e os 18 anos (M = 15.43, DP = 1.76). Verificou-se que a estrutura da escala estava de acordo com a versão original do instrumento, dividindo-se em duas dimensões com índices satisfatórios…
Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison
Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of…
Assortative mating and the evolution of desirability covariation
Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication
Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives—an evolutionary psychological perspective and a biosocial role perspective—offer alternative explanations for these findings. However, the original data on which each perspective relies are decades old, and the li…
Universality of the Triangular Theory of Love: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Triangular Love Scale in 25 Countries
The Triangular Theory of Love (measured with Sternberg's Triangular Love Scale - STLS) is a prominent theoretical concept in empirical research on love. To expand the culturally homogeneous body of previous psychometric research regarding the STLS, we conducted a large-scale cross-cultural study with the use of this scale. In total, we examined more than 11,000 respondents, but as a result of applied exclusion criteria, the final analyses were ba…
Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account for this variability. Here, over 14,000 individuals from 45 countries were asked whether they embraced, stroked, kissed, or hugged their partner, friends, and youngest child during the week preceding the study. We then examined a range of hypothesized individual…
Do Romantic Relationships Promote Happiness? Relationships' Characteristics as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being
This study aimed to investigate the predictive power of aspects of the romantic relationship on subjective well-being, beyond what is explained by sociodemographic and personality variables. Participants were 490 heterosexual adults (68.8% women), all involved in a monogamous romantic relationship. Romantic relationship variables were substantial predictors of the three components of subjective well-being, explaining 21% of the variance in life s…
Treinamento De Habilidades Sociais Como Um Caminho Para O Bem-Estar
Healthy relationships between people is one of the main factors that helps to promote wellbeing.It is possible to develop this ability to relate better to others through social skills training (SST).Empathic skills, specifically, which are linked to a state of presence and listening to the other are key skills for better relationships and, consequently, a greater sense of well-being
Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries
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 explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from mating market and parasite stress perspectives, in a large cross-cultural sample. We also test hypoth…
Commonalities and differences between schemas of five types of love
The present study sought to map schemas of five types of love and characterize their commonalities and differences in the Brazilian context. Two studies were carried out sequentially. In Study 1, 537 adults answered open‐ended questions about friends' love, romantic love, parental love, filial love, and self‐love. Responses for descriptions of the different types of love were grouped into 29 thematic categories. In Study 2, we tested the degree o…
Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of Covid-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries
Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the "new normal"-social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic coping may be an important moderator betwee…
Flourishing in the Brazilian context: Evidence of the validity of the Perma-profiler scale
Covid-19 and Social Distancing: A Cross-Cultural Study of Interpersonal Distance Preferences and Touch Behaviors Before and During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 14,000 individual cases from two large, cross-cultural surveys – the first conducted 2 years prior to…
Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship
The current study investigates attitudes toward one form of sex for resources: the so-called sugar relationships, which often involve exchanges of resources for sex and/or companionship. The present study examined associations among attitudes toward sugar relationships and relevant variables (e.g., sex, sociosexuality, gender inequality, parasitic exposure) in 69,924 participants across 87 countries. Two self-report measures of Acceptance of Suga…
Validation of the Short Version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) across 37 Languages
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, developing a reliable and valid measure of love experiences is crucial. One of the most popular tools to quantify love is Sternberg’s 45-item Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45), which measures three love components: intimacy, passion, and commitment. However, our literature review re…
Conservatism Negatively Predicts Creativity: A Study Across 28 Countries
Previous studies have found a negative relationship between creativity and conservatism. However, as these studies were mostly conducted on samples of homogeneous nationality, the generalizability of the effect across different cultures is unknown. We addressed this gap by conducting a study in 28 countries. Based on the notion that attitudes can be shaped by both environmental and ecological factors, we hypothesized that parasite stress can also…
Is the Lamborghini like a peacock's tail? No evidence for relationships between conspicuous consumption and male attractiveness
The function of love: A signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis
Addicted to love? Validity evidence for the Love Addiction Inventory - Brazilian version
Background The Love Addiction Inventory (LAI) is an instrument developed to assess the six dimensions of addiction to a romantic partner: salience, tolerance, mood modification, relapse, withdrawal, and conflict. Objective The present study sought to adapt and provide validity evidence for the Brazilian version of the LAI. Method An online questionnaire was completed by 1310 Brazilian adults who were in romantic relationships. Results The data sh…
Sociosexual orientation, life history strategy, and reproductive success: A large-scale cross-cultural analysis across 92 contemporary societies
Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (10 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Geography (5 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (4 works)