Dr. David Frederick

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Campbell, J. T., Bennett-Brown, M., Kaufman, E. M., Gesselman, A. N., Frederick, D. A., Garcia, J. R., & Mark, K. P. (2024). Women who experience more affectionate touch report better body satisfaction and relationship outcomes. Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2310705

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Dinic, B. M., Gjoneska, B., Frederick, D. A., Pfuhl, G., Milfont, T. L., Aguilar, L., Garcia, F. E., Abad-Villarde, Kavcic, T., Miroshnik, K. G., Nduikaihe, I. L. G., Safaraova, K., Valentova, J. V., Aavik, T., Blackburn, A. M., Centinkaya, H., Duyar, I., Guemaz, F., …. Zumarraga-Espinoza, M. (2024). Validation of the short version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) across 37 languages. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02702-7

Swami, V., Stieger, S., Voracek, M., Aavik, T., Abdollahpour Ranjbar, H., .… Frederick, D. A. …. Tran, U. S. (2023). Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Body Image, 46, 449-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010

Reynolds, T. A., Maner, J. K., Frederick, D. A., Forney, K. J., & Garcia, J. R. (2023). A slim majority: The influence of sex ratio for women’s body dissatisfaction and weight loss motivations. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 3043-3062. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02644-0

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Dinic, B. M., Gjoneska, B., Frederick, D. A., et al. (2023). Validation of the short version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) across 37 languages. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02702-7

Meskó, N., Kowal, M., Láng, A., Kocsor F., Bandi, S. A., Putz, A., Sorokowski, P., Frederick, D. A., et al. (2023). Exploring attitudes towards sugar relationships across 87 countries: A global perspective on exchanges of resources for sex and companionship. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02724-1

Frederick, D. A., & Murray, S. B. (2023). The U.S. Body Project I: Inspirations and lessons learned. Body Image, 46, 223-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.05.010

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Pisanski, K., Valentova, J. V., Varella, M. A. C., Frederick, D. A, et al. (2022). Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(6), 455-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.08.003

*Liang, D., Frederick, D. A., Eiroa-Lledo, E., *Rosenfield, N. S., Berardi, V., Linstead, E., Maoz, U. (2022). Examining the utility of nonlinear machine learning versus linear regression analyses for predicting body image outcomes: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image, 41, 32-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.013

Hazzard, V. M., Schaefer, L. M., Thompson, J. K., Rodgers, R. F., & Frederick, D. A. (2022). An abbreviated 10-item, two-factor version of the Body Image Quality of Life Inventory (BIQLI-10): The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image, 40, 285-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.004

Hazzard, V. M., Schaefer, L. M., Thompson, J. K., Murray, S. B., Frederick, D. A. (2022). Measurement invariance of body image measures by age, gender, sexual orientation, race, and weight status: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image, 40, 285-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.004

Frederick, D. A., Hazzard, V. M., Schaefer, L. M., Rodgers, R. F., Gordon, A. R., Tylka, T. L., Pennesi, J.-L, Convertino, A. D., Parent, M. C., Brady, J. P., Brown, T. A., Brady, J. P., Crerand, C. E., Compte, E. J., Cook-Cottone, C. P., Malcarne, V. L., Nagata, J. M., Perez, M., Pila, E., Thompson, J. K., & Murray, S. B. (2022). Sexual orientation differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image, 41, 181-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.02.002

Frederick, D. A., Schaefer, L. M., Hazzard, V. M., Rodgers, R. F., Tylka, T. L., Ong, L. Q., Pennesi, J.-L., Convertino, A. D., Parent, M. C., Brady, J. P., Brown, T. A., Brady, J. P., Crerand, C. E., Compte, E. J., Cook-Cottone, C. P., Gordon, A. R., Malcarne, V. L., Nagata, J. M., Perez, M., Pila, E., Thompson, J. K., & Murray, S. B. (2022). Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.019

Frederick, D. A., Tylka, T. L., Rodgers, R. F., Convertino, A. D., Pennesi, J.-L., Parent, M. C., Brady, J. P., Brown, T. A., Brady, J. P., Crerand, C. E., Compte, E. J., Cook-Cottone, C. P., Gordon, A. R., Malcarne, V. L., Nagata, J. M., Perez, M., Pila, E., Schaefer, L. M., Thompson, J. K., & Murray, S. B. (2022). Pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction among men: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image, 41, 84-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.018

Frederick, D. A., Tylka, T. L., Rodgers, R. F., Pennesi, J.-L., Convertino, A. D., Parent, M. C., Brady, J. P., Brown, T. A., Brady, J. P., Crerand, C. E., Compte, E. J., Cook-Cottone, C. P., Gordon, A. R., Malcarne, V. L., Nagata, J. M., Perez, M., Pila, E., Schaefer, L. M., Thompson, J. K., & Murray, S. B. (2022). Pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction among women: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image, 41, 195-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.02.001

Frederick, D. A., Gordon, A. R., Cook-Cottone, C. P., Brady, J. P., Reynolds, T. A., Alley, J., Garcia, J. R., Brown, T. A., Best, C. R., Brady, J. P., Crerand, C. E., Compte, E. J., Convertino, A. D., Malcarne, V. L., Nagata, J. M., Parent, M. C., Perez, M., Pila, E., Pennesi, J.-L., Rodgers, R. F., Schaefer, L. M., Thompson, J. K., Tylka, T. L., & Murray, S. B. (2022). Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image, 41, 109-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.010

Frederick, D. A., Reynolds, T. A., Barrera, C. A., Alley, J., Garcia, J. R., & Murray, S. B. (2022). Demographic and sociocultural predictors of face image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image, 41, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.016

Frederick, D. A., Pila, E., Malcarne, V. L., Compte, E. J., Nagata, J. M., *Best, C. R., Brady, J. P., Brown, T. A., Crerand, C. E., Convertino, A. D., Cook-Cottone, C. P., Gordon, A. R., Parent, M. C., Pennesi, J.-L., Perez, M., Reynolds, T. A., Rodgers, R. F., Schaefer, L. M., Thompson, J. K., Tylka, T. L., & Murray, S. B. (2022). Demographic predictors of objectification theory and tripartite influence model constructs: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image, 40, 182-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.12.012

Frederick, D. A., Crerand, C. E., Brown, T. A., Perez, M., *Best, C. R., Brady, J. P., Compte, E. J., Convertino, A. D., Cook-Cottone, C. P., Gordon, A. R., Malcarne, V. L., Nagata, J. M., Parent, M. C., Pila, E., Pennesi, J.-L, Reynolds, T. A., Rodgers, R. F., Schaefer, L. M., Thompson, J. K., Tylka, T. L., & Murray, S. B. (2022). Demographic predictors of body image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image, 41, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.011

Frederick, D. A., & Reynolds, T. A. (2021). The value of integrating evolutionary and sociocultural perspectives on body image. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-01947-4

Frederick, D. A., Gillespie, B. J., Lever, J., Berardi, V., & Garcia, J. R. (2021). Lesbian bed intimacy and sexual satisfaction: A comparison of heterosexual and lesbian women using coarsened exact matching in a U.S. national sample. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02096-4

Frederick, D. A., Alley, J., Semenyna, S. W., & Garcia, J. R. (2021). Mating strategy variation and sexual orientation. In D. M. Buss and P. Durkey (Eds.), The Handbook of Human Mating. Oxford University Press.

Robinette, J. W., Bostean, G., Glynn, L., Douglas, J., Jenkins, B., Gruenewald, T., & Frederick, D. A. (2021). Perceived neighborhood cohesion buffers COVID-19 impacts on mental health in a United States sample. Social Science & Medicine, 285, 114269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114269

Burke, N. L., Schaefer, L. M., Karvay, Y. G., Bardone-Cone, A. M., Frederick, D. A., Schaumberg, K., Klump, K. L., Anderson, D. A., & Thompson, J. K. (2021). Does the tripartite influence model of body image and eating pathology function similarly across racial/ethnic groups of White, Black, Latina, and Asian women? Eating Behaviors, 42, 101519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101519

Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Barron, D., Afham, R., Aimé, A., Almenara, C. A., … Frederick, D. A., … Voracek, M. (2020). The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations. Body Image, 32, 199-217

Cunningham, M. L., Rodgers, R. F., Lavender, J. M., Nagata, J. M., Frederick, D. A., Szabo, M., & Murray, S. B. (2020). Big boys don’t cry’: Examining the indirect pathway of masculinity discrepancy stress and muscle dysmorphia symptomatology through dimensions of emotion dysregulation. Body Image, 34, 209-214.

Cunningham, M. L., Nagata, J. M., Frederick, D. A., Rodgers, R. F., Lavender, J. M., Szabo, M., & Murray, S. B. (2020). Who’s the ‘bigger’ man? Parsing the relationships between masculinity and men’s muscularity dissatisfaction. Body Image, 34, 94-100.

Frederick, D. A., Gillespie, B. J., Lever, J., Berardi, V., & Garcia, J. R. (2020). Sexual practices and satisfaction among gay and heterosexual men in romantic relationships: A comparison using coarsened exact matching in a U.S. national sample. Journal of Sex Research.

Frederick, D. A., *Nguyen, D., & *Chu, T. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on racism: Results from a national U.S. study. Areo Magazine.

Frederick, D. A., *Chu, T., *Nguyen, D. (2020). Did you gain the COVID-15? The COVID-19 pandemic led to poorer eating habits and worse mental health. Medium.

Frederick, D. A., Glynn, L., Gruenewald, T., Pincus, D., Boehm, J., Moors, A., Jenkins, B., Berardi, V., Bostean, G., Smith, J., Douglas, J., & Robinette, J. (2020). The Chapman University COVID-19 National Mental Health Study Initial Report (Spring 2020 Wave).

Hazzard, V. M., Schaefer, L. M., Schaumberg, K., Bardone-Cone, A. M., Frederick, D. A., Klump, K. L., …. Thompson, J. K. (2019). Testing the Tripartite Influence Model among heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women. Body Image, 30, 145-149. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.07.001

Schaefer, L. M., Burke, N. L., Anderson, L. M., Thompson, J. K., Dedrick, R. F., Heinberg, L. J., Bardone-Cone, A. M., Higgins, M. K., Frederick, D. A. … Paxton, S. J. (2019). Comparing internalization of appearance ideals and appearance-related pressures among women from the United States, Italy, England, and Australia. Eating and Weight Disorders. doi:10.1007/s40519-018-0544-8

Frederick, D. A., Tomiyama, A. J., *Bold, J., & Saguy, A. C. (2019). Can she be healthy at her weight? Effects of news media frames on antifat attitudes, dieting intention, and perceived health risks of obesity. Stigma and Health.

Schaefer, L. M., Smith, K. E., Leonard, R. L., Wetterneck, C., Smith, B., Farrell, N., Riemann, B. C., Frederick, D. A. …. Thompson, J. K. (2018). Identifying a male clinical cutoff on the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q). International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51, 1357-1360. doi:10.1002/eat.22972.

Frederick, D. A., St. John, H. K., Garcia, J. R., & Lloyd, E. A. (2018). Differences in orgasm frequency among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual men and women in a U.S. national sample. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47, 273-288. doi:10.1007/s10508-017-0939-z

Schmitt, D. P., Alcalay, L., Allik, J., Alves, I. C. B., Anderson, C. A. … Frederick, D. A. et al., (2017). Narcissism and the strategic pursuit of short-term mating: Universal links across 11 world regions of the International Sexuality Description Project-2. Psychological Topics, 26, 89-137.

Frederick, D. A., *Shapiro, L. M., *Williams, T. R., *Seoane, C. M., *McIntosh, R. T., *Fischer, E. W. (2017). Precarious manhood and muscularity: Effects of threatening men’s masculinity on reported strength and muscle dissatisfaction. Body Image, 22, 156-165. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.07.002

Frederick, D. A., Daniels, E. A., *Bates, M. E., Tylka, T. L. (2017). Exposure to thin-ideal media affects most, but not all, women: Results from the perceived effects of media exposure scale and open-ended responses. Body Image, 23, 188-205. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.10.006

Frederick, D. A., Lever, J., Gillespie, B. J., & Garcia, J. R. (2017). What keeps passion alive? Sexual satisfaction is associated with sexual communication, mood setting, variety of sex acts, and frequency of sex, oral sex, and orgasm among U.S. adults. Journal of Sex Research, 54, 186-201. doi: 10.1080/04.80224499.2015.1137854

Frederick, D. A., & *Fales, M. R. (2016). Upset over sexual versus emotional infidelity among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 175-191. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0409-9

Frederick, D. A., Saguy, A. C., *Sandhu, G., & Mann, T. (2016). Effects of competing news media frames of weight on antifat stigma, beliefs about weight, and support for obesity-related public policies. International Journal of Obesity, 40, 543-549. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.195

Frederick, D. A., Saguy, A. C., Gruys, K. (2016). Culture, health, and bigotry: How exposure to cultural accounts of fatness shape attitudes about health risk, health policies, and weight-based prejudice. Social Science and Medicine, 165, 271-279. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.12.031

Frederick, D. A., Kelly, M. C., Latner, J. D., *Sandhu, G., & Tsong, Y. (2016). Appearance concerns among White and Asian American women: Sociocultural predictors of body, face, and eye satisfaction. Body Image, 16, 113-125. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.12.002

Frederick, D. A., *Sandhu, G., Morse, P. J., & Swami, V. (2016). Correlates of appearance and weight satisfaction in a U.S. national sample: Personality, attachment style, television viewing, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. Body Image, 17, 191-203. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.04.001

Frederick, D. A., *Sandhu, G., *Scott, T., & *Akbari, Y. (2016). Reducing the negative effects of media exposure on body image: The effectiveness of subvertising and disclaimer labels. Body Image, 17, 171-174. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.03.009

Lever, J., Frederick, D. A., & Hertz, R. (2015). Who pays for dates? Following versus challenging gender norms. SAGE Open, 5, 2158244015613107. doi: 10.1177/2158244015613107

*Fales, M. R., Frederick, D. A., Garcia, J. R., Gildersleeve, K. A., Haselton, M. G., Fisher, H. E. (2016). Mating markets and bargaining hands: Predictors of mate preferences for attractiveness and resources in two national U.S. studies. Personality and Individual Differences, 88, 78-87. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.041

Frederick, D. A., & *Jenkins, B. N. (2015). Height and body mass on the mating market: Associations with number of sex partners and extra-pair sex among heterosexual men and women aged 18-65. Evolutionary Psychology, 13, 1-26. doi: 10.1177/1474704915604563

Frederick, D. A., *Forbes, M., *Gentle, B., *Reynolds, T. A., & *Walters, T. (2015). Beauty standards from an anthropological perspective. In P. Whelehan & A. Bolin (Eds.) Human Sexuality. New York: Wiley.

Schaefer, L. M., Burke, N. L., Thompson, J. K., Dedrick, R. F., Heinberg, L. J., Calogero, R. M., Bardone-Cone, A. M., Higgins, M. K., Frederick, D. A. et al. (2015). Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4). Psychological Assessment, 27, 54-67.

Gillespie, B. J., Frederick, D. A., Harari, L., & Grov, C. (2015). Homophily, close friendship, and life satisfaction among gay, lesbian, heterosexual, and bisexual men and women. PLoS One, 10, 1-16 (e0128900).

Gillespie, B. J., Lever, J., Frederick, D. A., & Royce, T. (2015). Close adult friendships, gender, and the life cycle. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships. 32, 709-736.

Frederick, D. A., Bohrnstedt, G. W., Hatfield, E., & Berscheid, E. (2014). Factor structure and validity of the Body Parts Satisfaction Scale: Results from the 1972 Psychology Today Survey. Psychological Topics, 23, 223-243.

Saguy, A., Frederick, D. A., & Gruys, K. (2014). Reporting risk, producing prejudice: How news reporting on obesity shapes attitudes about health risk, policy, and prejudice. Social Science and Medicine, 111, 125-133.

Gildersleeve, K., Debruine, L., Haselton, M. G., Frederick, D. A., Penton-Voak, I. S., Jones, B. C., Perrett, D. I. (2013). Shifts in women’s mate preferences across the cycle: A critique of Harris (2011) and Harris (2012). Sex Roles, 69, 516-524.

Frederick, D. A., *Ng., N., & *Yousefinejad, S. (2013). Cultural competence. In C. Cortes (Ed.) Multicultural America. SAGE Publishers.

*Tang, N., *Ng., N., & Frederick, D. A. (2013). The Chinese American Citizens Alliance. In C. Cortes (Ed.) Multicultural America. SAGE Publishers.

*Tang, N., & Frederick, D. A. (2013). Na Li. In M. Stange and C. Oyster (Eds.) The encyclopedia of women in today's world. SAGE Publishers.

Frederick, D. A., *Forbes, M., & *Reynolds, T. A. (2013). Infidelity. In M. Stange and C. Oyster (Eds.) The encyclopedia of women in today's world. SAGE Publishers.

Frederick, D. A., *Reynolds, T. A., & Fisher, M. L. (2013). The importance of female choice: Evolutionary perspectives on `constraints, expressions, and variations in female mating strategies. In R. Chang, M. Fisher & J. Garcia (Eds.), Evolution’s empress: Darwinian perspectives on the nature of women. Oxford, UK: Oxford Press.

Gray, P. B., & Frederick, D. A. (2012). Body image and body type preferences in St. Kitts, Caribbean: A cross-cultural comparison with U.S. samples regarding attitudes towards muscularity, body fat, and breast size. Evolutionary Psychology, 10, 631-655.

Fessler, D. M. T., Stieger, S., Asaridou, S. S., Umeru, B., Cravalho, M., de Barros, P., Fisher, M. K., & Frederick, D. A.., et al. (2012). Testing a postulated case of intersexual selection in humans. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33, 147-164.

Snyder, J. K., Fessler, D. M. T., Tiokhin, L., Frederick, D. A., Lee, S. W., & Navarette, C. D. (2011). Trade-offs in a dangerous world: Women’s fear of crime predicts preferences for aggressive and formidable mates. Evolution and Human Behavior, 32, 127-137.

Frederick, D. A., *Jafary, A., Daniels, E. A., & Gruys, K. (2011). Surveys and the epidemiology of body image. In T. Cash (Ed.), The encyclopedia of body image and human appearance (p. 766-773). San Diego: Academic Press.

Frederick, D. A., *Reynolds, T. A., *Fales, M. R., & Garcia, J. A (2011). Physical attractiveness: Dating, mating, and social interaction. In T. Cash (Ed.), The encyclopedia of body image and human appearance (p. 629-635). San Diego: Academic Press.

Frederick, D. A.,* Jafary, A., *Fales, M., *Lurye, F., *Phuphanich, M. E., *Au, L., & Stanley, E. B. (2011). Bella and the psychobiology of love and attraction. In E. Klonsky and A. Black (Eds.), The psychology of Twilight. Ben Bella Books: New York.