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New book: Apostolou, M. (2020). The evolution of same-sex attraction. Springer.

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Recently published papers:

Apostolou, M. & Tsangari, S. (2022). Why people are single: The big five as predictors of involuntary singlehood. Personality and Individual Differences, 186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111375

Apostolou, M., Wang, Y. & Gavriilidou, A. (2021). How people become attractive to prospective mates: Strategies of self-promotion in the Greek cultural context. Evolutionary Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14747049211045271

Apostolou, M. & Keramari, D. (2021). Why friendships end: An evolutionary examination. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000269

Apostolou, M. & Christoforou, C. (2021). Partner's traits which motivate people to stay in an intimate relationship: An explorative analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 183, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111155

Apostolou, M., Birkás, B., da Silva, C. S. A., Esposito, G., Hsu, R. M. C. S., Jonason, P. K., Karamanidis, K., O, J., Ohtsubo, Y., Putz, Á., Sznycer, D., Thomas, A. G., Valentova, J. V., Varella, M. A. C., Kleisner, K., Flegr, J., & Wang, Y. (2021). Reasons of Singles for Being Single: Evidence from Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan and the UK. Cross-Cultural Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971211021816

Apostolou, M. (2021). What makes it difficult to start an intimate relationship: A taxonomy of the reasons. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 17, 103-116. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.1852