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Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Voracek, M., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Al Halbusi, H., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., ... Stieger, S. (2025). Self-Compassion Around the World: Measurement Invariance of the Short Form of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SF) Across 65 Nations, 40 Languages, Gender Identities, and Age Groups. Mindfulness, 16(6), 1569-1596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02560-5

Windhager, S., Schaefer, K., & Fink, B. (2025). From Calibrated Morphs to Facial Stimuli: The Beauty of a Statistically Informed Picture. American Journal of Human Biology, 37(5), Article e70048. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70048

Swami, V., Stieger, S., Voracek, M., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Halbusi, H. A., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., ... Tran, U. S. (2025). Life satisfaction around the world: Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. PLoS ONE, 20(1 January), Article e0313107. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313107

Swami, V., White, M. P., Voracek, M., Tran, U. S., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Al Halbusi, H., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Soares Amaral, A. C., Andrianto, S., ... Stieger, S. (2024). Exposure and connectedness to natural environments: An examination of the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 99, Article 102432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102432

Schäfer, K., Seidl-Berger, A., & Windhager, S. (2024). Early developmental masculinization among boys: More prenatal testosterone action (assessed via 2D:4D) renders their faces perceived as masculine but not pretty or cute. Early Human Development, 195, 106071. Article 106071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106071

Schäfer, K., Seiser, V. M., Prucha, S., Kerschbaumer, V., Fink, B., & Windhager, S. (2024). Male facial cues to physical strength in Europe: Medium-strength preference and higher aggressiveness attribution to the weakest. American Journal of Human Biology, 36(6), Article e24040. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24040

Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Stieger, S., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Halbusi, H. A., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvares-Solas, S., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., ... Voracek, M. (2023). Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age. Body Image, 46, 449-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010

Windhager, S., Ottendorfer, T., Mabulla, A., Butovskaya, M., Fink, B., & Schaefer, K. (2023). Perception of strength, attractiveness and aggressiveness of Maasai male faces calibrated to handgrip strength: Evidence from a European sample. American Journal of Human Biology, 35(6), Article e23869. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23869

Schröder, M., Windhager, S., Schaefer, K., & Ahnelt, H. (2023). Adaptability of Bony Armor Elements of the Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus (Teleostei: Gasterosteidae): Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from Symmetry Analyses. Symmetry, 15(4), Article 811. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15040811

Mitteroecker, P., & Schäfer, K. (2022). Thirty years of geometric morphometrics: Achievements, challenges, and the ongoing quest for biological meaningfulness. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 178(S74), 181-210. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24531

Butovskaya, M. L., Mezentseva, A., Mabulla, A., Shackelford, T. K., Schaefer, K., Fink, B., & Windhager, S. (2022). Facial cues to physical strength increase attractiveness but decrease aggressiveness assessments in male Maasai of Northern Tanzania. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(2), 115–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.11.006

Sharif, M. B., Mohaseb, A. F., Zimmermann, M. I., Trixl, S., Saliari, K., Kunsth, G. K., Cucchi, T., Czeika, S., Mashkour, M., Orlando, L., Schäfer, K., Peters, J., & Mohandesan, E. (2022). Ancient DNA refines taxonomic classification of Roman equids north of the Alps, elaborated with osteomorphology and geometric morphometrics. Journal of Archaeological Science, 143, Article 105624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105624

Bäck, N., Schäfer, K., & Windhager, S. (2021). Handgrip strength and 2D : 4D in women: homogeneous samples challenge the (apparent) gender paradox. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1964), Article 20212328. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2328

Bravo Morante, G., Bookstein, F., Fischer, B., Schäfer, K., Aguilera, I. A., & Botella López, M. (2021). Correlation of the human pubic symphysis surface with age-at-death: a novel quantitative method based on a bandpass filter. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 135(5), 1935-1944. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-021-02555-6