Evolved but not fixed: A life history account of gender roles and gender inequality

N Zhu, L Chang - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The rift between evolutionary psychology and the biosocial model of gender relations
impedes a fuller understanding of gender roles and gender inequality. In a novel …

Environmental risks, life history strategy, and developmental psychology

A Yang, N Zhu, HJ Lu, L Chang - PsyCh Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, life history theory (LHT) has provided an important theoretical framework
for understanding human individual differences and their developmental processes. The …

Aggression and risk‐taking as adaptive implementations of fast life history strategy

HJ Lu, L Chang - Developmental science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Within the evolutionary life history (LH) framework, aggression and risk‐taking are adaptive
implementations of a fast LH strategy to adapt to environmental unsafety and …

The behavioral ecology of moral dilemmas: Childhood unpredictability, but not harshness, predicts less deontological and utilitarian responding.

HM Maranges, CR Hasty, JK Maner… - Journal of personality …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Childhood unpredictability and harshness are associated with patterns of psychology and
behavior that enable individuals to make the most of adverse environments. The current …

Using competition for plasma donor recruitment and retention: An Australian university case study

J Bryant, T Woolley, T Sen Gupta, K Chell - Vox Sanguinis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives Using evidence from one Australian university's
participation in the Vampire Cup (an 8‐week national inter‐university blood donation …

Men increase time spent on a charitable task when in the presence of women and other men: Evidence of competitive altruism in online mating scenarios

S Farmer, D Farrelly - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Previous research shows that competition can increase altruistic behaviour, however, the
majority of such research focuses on financial costs and so our understanding is currently …

Educational identity and maternal helicopter parenting: Moderation by the perceptions of environmental threat

Y Wang, ST Hawk, S Branje - Journal of Research on …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This four‐wave study examined longitudinal associations between maternal helicopter
parenting and college students' educational identity processes over 1 year, as well as the …

Feel safe to take more risks? Insecure attachment increases consumer risk-taking behavior

YJ Li, S Lu, J Lan, F Jiang - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Attachment styles, originated from early childhood experience, have been documented to
influence human behaviors among adults. Drawing on life history theory, we examined …

The interactive effect between economic uncertainty and life history strategy on corrupt intentions: a life history theory approach

X Sai, L Zhu - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Why do some people show more corruption when facing uncertain
environment? The present study aimed to give a plausible answer from an evolutionary …

Unlocking flourishing at workplace: An integrative review and framework

R Verma, S Sekar, S Mukhopadhyay - Applied Psychology, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of flourishing has garnered interdisciplinary attention, particularly within the
realm of workplace research, given its relevance to individuals' daily lives. However, despite …