Publications

A cross-cultural psychometric evaluation of the 3-item Relationship Satisfaction Scale across 37 languages

Kowal, M

Journal of Marriage and Family.

Partner idealization and perceived partner similarity predict relationship quality across 74 countries

Kowal, M

Journal of Research in Personality, 122, 104729.

Higher individualism predicts lower intensity of experienced love: Data from 91 countries

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Roberts, S. C., Małecki, W. P., Misiak, M., Sorokowska, A., Kocur, M., Bode, A., Janssen, S. M. J., García, F. E., Ozer, S., Gjoneska, B., Lidborg, L. H., Dubrov, D., Varella, M. A. C., Grigoryev, D., Mebarak, M., Mattiassi, A., Contreras-Garduño, J., … Zumárraga-Espinosa, M

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (in press).

Love is not blind—it may be indifferent to partners’ flaws, unless it involves cheating or aggression

Kowal, M., & Bode, A

Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 55, 1257-1267.

When no one is watching: no effects of brief social media model exposure on young women’s appearance-enhancing behaviors

Kowal, M., Jędrusiak, J., Krasucki, J., Kusztal, A., Nowakowska, M., Szaran, J., ... & Jędrusik, P

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 17470218261442099.

Sociodemographic and cultural factors are related to singlehood rates: A multilevel analysis across 59 countries from the World Values Survey

Kowal, M., & Adamczyk, K

PloS one, 20(10), e0335416.

Why I declare a conflict of interest and you should not

Acem, E., Aczel, B., Albayrak, N., Brown, N. J. L., Dudda, L. A., Elsherif, M. M., Gjoneska, B., Kowal, M., Krishna, A., Miłkoś, S., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Patel, J., Pypno-Blajda, K., Scharlau, I., Verheyen, S., & Zubaly, B

Theory and Society.

Microbiome and well-being: A meta-analysis

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., David, O., Iuga, I. A., Renwick, S., & Sorokowska, A

Npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 11(1), 201.

Is family size related to love? Data from 25 Countries

Żelaźniewicz, A., Kowal, M., Pawłowski, B., & Sorokowski, P

Human Nature, 1-22.

Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages

Buchanan, E. M., Cuccolo, K., Heyman, T., Van Berkel, N., Coles, N. A., Iyer, A., ... Kowal, M., … & Ghasemi, H

Nature Human Behaviour, 1-20.

Sexual partner number and distribution over time affect long-term partner evaluation: Evidence from 11 countries across 5 continents

Thomas, A. G., Costello, W., Bendixen, M., Kennair, L. E. O., Apostolou, M., Bártová, K., ... Kowal, M., … & Stewart-Williams, S

Scientific Reports, 15, 27947.

Love as a commitment device: Evidence from a cross-cultural study across 90 countries

Kowal, M., Bode, A., Koszałkowska K., Roberts, S.C., Gjoneska, B., Frederick, D., … & Sorokowski, P

Human Nature, 35, 430-350.

A slow diaphragmatic breathing intervention for anxiety: How do respiration rate and inhalation/exhalation ratio influence self‐reported anxiety?

Czub, M., Kowal, M., Esteve Zarazaga, R., Serrano‐Ibáñez, E. R., Ruíz‐Párraga, G. T., Ramírez‐Maestre, C., ... & Piskorz, J

Stress and Health, 40(6), e3496.

A cross-national perspective of prejudice-based cyberbullying and cybervictimisation

Dinić, B. M., Bodroža, B., Jovanović, T., Hinić, D., Puharić, Z., Puharić, F., ... Kowal, M., … & Pyżalski, J

In International Perspectives on Migration, Bullying, and School (pp. 148-165). Routledge.

The collector hypothesis

Sorokowski, P., Luty, J., Małecki, W., Roberts C.S., Kowal, M., & Davies, S

Human Nature, 35, 397-410.

Registered replication report: A large multilab cross-cultural conceptual replication of Turri, Buckwalter, & Blouw (2015)

Hall, B., Schmidt, K., Wagge, J., Lewis, S., Weissgerber, S., Kiunke, F., ... Kowal, M., & Buchanan, E.

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7(4), 1-38.

Relationship between the 2D:4D and prenatal testosterone, adult level testosterone, and testosterone change: Meta-analysis of 54 studies

Sorokowski, P., & Kowal, M.* (Corresponding Author)

American Journal of Biological Anthropology,183(1), 20-38.

Female body dressing: Perceptions and investments in beauty

Kowal, M., Samaneh, N.Sabiniewicz, A., Sorokowski, P., Oleszkiewicz, A., Sorokowska, A

Clothing Cultures, 8(2), 197–218.

Older people are perceived as more moral than younger people: data from seven culturally diverse countries

Sorokowski, P., Kowal, M., Hussain, S., Haideri, R. A., Misiak, M., Chatzipentidis, K., ... & Paruzel-Czachura, M

Ethics & Behavior, 34(7), 1-14.

Media experiences during the Ukraine war and their relationships with distress, anxiety, and resilience

Malecki, W. P., Bilandzic, H., Kowal, M., & Sorokowski, P

Journal of Psychiatric Research, 165, 273-281.

Towards consistent reporting of sample characteristics in studies investigating the biological mechanisms of romantic love

Bode, A., & Kowal, M

Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1661.

Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Pisanski, K., Valentova, J. V., Varella, M. A., Frederick, D. A., ... & Mišetić, K

Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(6), 455-474.

In COVID-19 health messaging, loss framing increases anxiety with little-to-no concomitant benefits: experimental evidence from 84 countries

Dorison, C. A., Lerner, J. S., Heller, B. H., Rothman, A. J., Kawachi, I. I., Wang, K., ... Kowal, M. & Pantazi, M

Affective Science, 3(3), 577-602.

Effects of dominance and sprint interval exercise on testosterone and cortisol levels in strength-, endurance-, and non-training men

Żurek, G., Danek, N., Żurek, A., Nowak-Kornicka, J., Żelaźniewicz, A., Orzechowski, S., Stefaniak, T., Nawrat, M., & Kowal, M

Biology, 11, 961.

A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Legate, N., Ngyuen, T. V., Weinstein, N., Moller, A., Legault, L., Vally, Z., ... Kowal, M., & Ogbonnaya, C. E

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(22), e2111091119.

Defining online hating and online haters

Malecki, W.P., Kowal, M., Dobrowolska, M., & Sorokowski, P

Frontiers in Psychology 12(744614).

Wirtualna Rzeczywistość jako metoda pracy z oddechem

Kowal, M

Teoria i aplikacja. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Kontekst.

Nauki behawioralne nie pozwolą polecieć w kosmos, ale i tak są przydatne

Kowal, M., Groyecka-Bernard, A., Białek, M

W: J. Kowal i K. Chatzipentidis (red.), Nowe problemy psychologii. Przegląd zagadnień (pp. 147-15). Wrocław: Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Instytut Psychologii. Seria: Polish Journal of Applied Psychology.

Iron fists and velvet gloves: Investigating the associations between the stringency of governments’ responses to COVID‐19, stress, and compliance in the early stages of the pandemic

Ćepulić, D. B., Travaglino, G. A., Chrona, S., Uzelac, E., Jeftić, A., Reyna, C., & Kowal, M

British Journal of Social Psychology, 00, 1-19.

Virtual reality could improve exercise performance on a stationary bike

Kowal, M., Piskorz, J., Czub, M

Polish Psychological Bulletin, 52(4).

A positive relationship between body height and the testosterone response to physical exercise

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Żelaźniewicz, A., Nowak, J., Orzechowski, S., Żurek, G., et al

Evolution and Human Behavior, 42(3), 179-185.

No relationship between the digit ratios (2D:4D) and salivary testosterone change: Study on men under an acute exercise

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Żelaźniewicz, A., Nowak, J., Orzechowski, S., Żurek G., et al

Scientific Reports, 10, 10068.

Reasons for Facebook usage: Data from 46 countries

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Sorokowska, A., Dobrowolska, M., Pisanski, K., Oleszkiewicz, A., et al

Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 711-718.

Dread in Academia–how COVID-19 affects science and scientists

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Sorokowska, A., Lebuda, I., Groyecka-Bernard, A., Białek, M., ... & Karwowski, M

Anthropological Review, 83(4), 387-394.

Can information about pandemics increase negative attitudes toward foreign groups? A case of COVID-19 outbreak

Karwowski, M., Groyecka, A., Kowal, M., Sorokowska, A., Białek, M., Lebuda, I., et al

Sustainability, 12(12), 4912.

Testing the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis on Polish kings and dukes

Sorokowski, P., Kowal, M., Badyna, P., Niemczyk, A., Karwowski, M., Kozieł, S

Anthropological Review, 82(4), 397-404.

Religious affiliation and marital satisfaction: Commonalities among Christians, Muslims, and atheists

Sorokowski, P., Kowal, M., & Sorokowska, A

Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2798.

Romantic love and reproductive hormones in women

Sorokowski, P., Żelaźniewicz, A., Nowak, J., Groyecka, A., Kaleta, M., … Kowal, M., et al

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(21), 4224.

Respiration entrainment in Virtual Reality by using a breathing avatar

Czub, M., & Kowal, M

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 22(7), 494-499.

Voice of authority: Professionals lower their vocal frequencies when giving expert advice

Sorokowski, P., Puts, D., Johnson, J., Żółkiewicz, O., Oleszkiewicz, A., ... Kowal, M., et al

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 43(2), 257-269.

Atrakcyjność fizyczna. Czy jest uniwersalna na całym świecie? Przegląd badań

Kowal, M

W: Humanistyka i nauki społeczne. Doświadczenia. Konteksty. Wyzwania. Tom 5 (s. 11-27). Wrocław: Exante. ISBN 978-83-65374-86-8.