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Toivo Aavik

Researcher at University of Tartu

Publications -  32
Citations -  3303

Toivo Aavik is an academic researcher from University of Tartu. The author has contributed to research in topics: Personality & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 26 publications receiving 2953 citations. Previous affiliations of Toivo Aavik include University of Göttingen.

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Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries

Daniel Conroy-Beam, +111 more
- 15 Nov 2019 - 
TL;DR: This work combines this large cross-cultural sample with agent-based models to compare eight hypothesized models of human mating markets and finds that this cross-culturally universal pattern of mate choice is most consistent with a Euclidean model of mate preference integration.
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The Attractive Female Body Weight and Female Body Dissatisfaction in 26 Countries Across 10 World Regions: Results of the International Body Project I

Viren Swami, +60 more
TL;DR: Results indicated there were significant cross-regional differences in the ideal female figure and body dissatisfaction, but effect sizes were small across high-socioeconomic-status (SES) sites.
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Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication

Kathryn V. Walter, +112 more
TL;DR: Using a new 45-country sample (N = 14,399), this work attempted to replicate classic studies and test both the evolutionary and biosocial role perspectives, finding neither pathogen prevalence nor gender equality robustly predicted sex differences or preferences across countries.
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Social desirability and consensual validity of personality traits

TL;DR: The effect of socially desirable responding (SDR) on the consensual validity of personality traits was studied in this article, where SDR was operationalized as the sum of items weighted by their respective social desirability values (Social Desirability Index, SDI).