@article{LangeAndrianWerburgAdleretal.2019,
  author    = {Lange, Benjamin P. and Andrian-Werburg, Maximilian T. P. von and Adler, Dorothea C. and Zaretsky, Eugen},
  title     = {The name is the game: nicknames as predictors of personality and mating strategy in online dating},
  series = {Frontiers in Communication},
  volume    = {4},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Communication},
  number    = {3},
  doi       = {10.3389/fcomm.2019.00003},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-201659},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Objective: We investigated the communicative function of online dating nicknames. Our aim was to assess if it is possible to correctly guess personality traits of a user simply by reading his/her nickname. Method: We had 69 nickname users (average age: 33.59 years, 36 female) complete questionnaires assessing their personality (Big 5 + narcissism) and mating strategy (short- vs. long-term). We then checked (using a total of 638 participants, average age: 26.83 years, 355 female), whether personality and mating strategy of the nickname users could be assessed correctly based only on the nickname. We also captured the motivation to contact the user behind a nickname and looked at linguistic features of the nicknames. Results: We found that personality and mating strategy could be inferred from a nickname. Furthermore, going by trends, women were better at intersexual personality judgments, whereas men were better in intrasexual judgements. We also found several correlates of the motivation to contact the person behind the nickname. Among other factors, long nicknames seemed to deter people from contacting the nickname user. Conclusions: Findings display that humans are capable of making accurate personality judgements in computer-mediated communication by means of even small cues like nicknames.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{vonAndrianWerburg2024,
  author    = {von Andrian-Werburg, Maximilian T. P.},
  title     = {Sex/Gender: A Revised Integrative Model for Sex/Gender Differences and Its Application on Media Research},
  publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press},
  address   = {W{\"u}rzburg},
  isbn      = {978-3-95826-236-2},
  doi       = {10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-237-9},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-345669},
  school      = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press},
  pages     = {xv, 177},
  year      = {2024},
  abstract  = {Far more women than men like to watch sad films, and far more men than women use video-based pornography. Do sex-affiliated biological-evolutionary influences cause these apparent differences, are they caused by social-cultural ones associated with gender, or do these dimensions interact? In the first step of this thesis, the Integrative Model for Sex/Gender Differences was thoroughly discussed and substantially revised. The model subsumed the current state of knowledge in psychology, which is based on wrong assumptions or outdated knowledge. In the second chapter, the Revised Integrative Model for Sex/Gender Differences yielded a theoretical guide to drive an extensive literature review for studies that used biological- evolutionary variables to predict sex/gender differences in media selection, use, and effects. In the study process, a large number of 6231 study titles and, if these appeared promising, abstracts were assessed for eligibility. In sum, only 39 studies were discovered that were attached to the topics of the revised integrative model and briefly outlined. Topics researched were as broad as exploring the potential of online dating advertisements to evaluate Sexual Strategies Theory and assess neuronal sex differences that affect video game and website use. The following chapter dealt with biopsychosocial predictor variables of pornography use, which appeared to be strongly affected by biological-evolutionary variables like the sex drive. The last empirical chapter assessed predictor variables for sad film use, which were social-culturally driven variables, such as the masculine gender role affecting the use of sad films. Men are taught that the sadness a sad film induces in them is not a socially desirable emotion to experience for them. Therefore, they like to watch sad films less in the first place. The final discussion highlighted that in line with recent acknowledgments in psychology science, human behavior can only be sufficiently explained if nature and nurture approaches for research are combined.},
  subject      = {Geschlecht},
  language  = {en}
}