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Melissa M. Sisco
Researcher at University of Arizona
Publications - 8
Citations - 381
Melissa M. Sisco is an academic researcher from University of Arizona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Sexual abuse. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 8 publications receiving 352 citations.
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Aping humans: age and sex effects in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and human (Homo sapiens) personality.
TL;DR: It is suggested that chimpanzee and human personality develop via an unfolding maturational process and male chimpanzees were rated as more aggressive, emotional, and impulsive than females.
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The psychometric assessment of human life history strategy: A meta-analytic construct validation.
Aurelio José Figueredo,Pedro S. A. Wolf,Sally Olderbak,Paul Robert Gladden,Heitor B. F. Fernandes,Christopher J. Wenner,Dawn Hill,Dok J. Andrzejczak,Melissa M. Sisco,W. Jake Jacobs,Zachary J. Hohman,Jon A. Sefcek,Daniel J. Kruger,Daniel P. Howrigan,Kevin MacDonald,J. Philippe Rushton +15 more
TL;DR: A growing body of empirical literature supports the validity of psychometric assessments of human life history strategies, but no comprehensive quantitative summaries have yet been published as mentioned in this paper, but a meta-analytic validation study of a 20-item Short-Form of the Arizona Life History Battery (ALHB), the Mini-K, using metaanalytic procedures to survey a multiplicity of published and unpublished studies on English-speaking North American college student samples.
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Sexual coercion and life-history strategy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate three ultimate theories accounting for individual differences in sexually coercive tendencies: Life History (LH) theory, Competitively Disadvantaged Male theory, and Sexual Coercion as a Byproduct theory.
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The Downside of Patriarchal Benevolence: Ambivalence in Addressing Domestic Violence and Socio-Economic Considerations for Women of Tamil Nadu, India
TL;DR: This article found that women of higher status were less likely to acknowledge abuse as a societal problem, accurately identify abuse events, and seek help or report abuse, while women who had more realistic conceptions of abuse were more likely to seek help but also likely to experience more severe psychological distress.
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Evaluating theory-based evaluation: Information, norms, and adherence
TL;DR: The promise of learning from the authors' collective experiences to develop a cumulative science of program evaluation and to improve the performance of extant and future interventions is discussed.