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Nickola C. Overall

Researcher at University of Auckland

Publications -  141
Citations -  5826

Nickola C. Overall is an academic researcher from University of Auckland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Interpersonal relationship. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 125 publications receiving 4228 citations. Previous affiliations of Nickola C. Overall include University of Canterbury.

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being.

TL;DR: The study found that people in the pandemic/lockdown group reported higher trust in science, politicians, and police, higher levels of patriotism, and higher rates of mental distress compared to people inThe prelockdown prepandemic group.
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Applying relationship science to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic may impact couples' relationships.

TL;DR: The presented conceptual framework suggests that facing COVID-19-related external stress is likely to increase harmful dyadic processes (e.g., hostility, withdrawal, less responsive support), which will undermine couples' relationship quality.
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Pair-Bonding, Romantic Love, and Evolution: The Curious Case of Homo sapiens

TL;DR: There is interdisciplinary support for the claim that romantic love and pair-bonding, along with alloparenting, played critical roles in the evolution of Homo sapiens.
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Mapping the Intimate Relationship Mind: Comparisons between Three Models of Attachment Representations

TL;DR: This study compared three models of how attachment working models might be cognitively represented and found that Model 3 attained the best fit, regardless of analysis strategy, measurement strategy, gender, and relationship status.
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Warm and Homely or Cold and Beautiful? Sex Differences in Trading Off Traits in Mate Selection

TL;DR: As predicted, women (relative to men) placed greater importance on warmth/trustworthiness and status/resources in a potential mate but less importance on attractiveness/vitality, and unexpectedly, sex differences were higher for long-term (compared to short-term) mate choice.