Publications

Voracek M , Tran U, Dressler S. Negative Korrelation zwischen Sensation Seeking und 2D:4D für Frauen, Männer, beide Geschlechter oder keines? Klärung durch Meta-Analyse.. 2009. Beitrag in 10. Tagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Landau, Deutschland.

Tran U, Formann A. Performance of parallel analysis in retrieving unidimensionality in the presence of binary data. Educational and Psychological Measurement: a bimonthly journal devoted to the development and application of measures of individual differences . 2009;69(1):50-61.

Demir M, Achoui M, Boholst F, Cheng C, Cuisinier F, De Prycker V et al.. Predictors of friendship quality among emerging adults in different cultures. 2009. Beitrag in 4th Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Atlanta, USA / Vereinigte Staaten.

Bescos R, Esteve M, Porta J, Irurtia A, Mateu M, Voracek M. Prenatal programming of sporting success: Associations of digit ratio (2D:4D), a putative marker for prenatal androgen action, with world rankings in female fencers. Journal of Sports Sciences. 2009;27:625-632.

Klug C, Berzaczy D, Voracek M, Ploder O, Millesi W. Preoperative radiochemotherapy in the treatment of advanced oral cancer: Outcome of 276 patients. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 2009;37:344-347.

Swami V, Stieger S, Voracek M, Dressler S, Furnham A. Psychometric evaluation of the Tagalog and German Subjective Happiness Scales and a cross-cultural comparison. Social Indicators Research. 2009;93:393-406.

Voracek M. Regional intelligence and suicide rate in Italy. Psychological Reports. 2009;105:1023-1026.

Voracek M, Stieger S. Replicated nil associations of digit ratio (2D:4D) and absolute finger lengths with implicit and explicit measures of aggression. Psicothema. 2009;21(3):382-389.

Voracek M, Loibl L. Scientometric analysis and bibliography of digit ratio (2D:4D) research, 1998-2008. Psychological Reports. 2009;104:922-956.

Voracek M, Fisher ML, Shackelford TK. Sex differences in subjective estimates of non-paternity rates in Austria. Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal. 2009;38:652-656.

Scharnowski F, Hermens F, Herzog MH. Spatial grouping determines temporal integration. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 2009;35(3):595–610. doi: 10.1037/a0013706

Tran U, Fisher ML, Voracek M. Spousal age differences and sex differences in life expectancy are confounders of matrilateral biases in kin investment. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 2009;31(4):295-303. doi: 10.1080/01973530903316773

Voracek M. Suicide and genes: Commentary on Hawton and van Heeringen (Lancet 2009; 373: 1372-81). 2009. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/c49nz

Voracek M. Suicide rates, national intelligence estimates, and differential K theory. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 2009;109:733-736.

Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Herberth A, Voracek M, Kapusta ND, Etzersdorfer E et al. The gap between suicide characteristics in the print media and in the population. European Journal of Public Health. 2009;19(4):361-364. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp034

Swami V, Furnham A, Stieger S, Voracek M. The truth is out there: The structure of beliefs about extraterrestrial life among Austrian and British respondents. The Journal of Social Psychology. 2009;149:29-43.

Voracek M. Who wants to believe? Associations between digit ratio (2D:4D) and paranormal and superstitious beliefs. Personality and Individual Differences. 2009;47:105-109.

Voracek M. Why digit ratio (2D:4D) is inappropriate for sex determination in medicolegal investigations. Forensic Science International. 2009;185:29-30.

Voracek M, Loibl L. Consistency of immigrant and country-of-birth suicide rates: A meta-analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2008 Okt;118(4):259-271. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01238.x

Pietschnig J , Voracek M, Formann A. Rauscher's Rauschen: Meta-analytische Evidenz für Publikations-Bias, laborbedingte Unterschiede und Nonspezifität des Mozart-Effekts. 2008. Beitrag in 8. Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Linz, Österreich.

Dervic K, Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T, Aysel M, Voracek M, Loibl L et al.. Are there temporal variations in youth suicides?. 2008. Beitrag in 18th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), Istanbul, Türkei.

Bescós R, Esteve M, Porta J, Mateu M, Iglesias X, Irurtia A et al.. Association of digit ratio (2D:4D) with world rankings in female fencers. 2008. Beitrag in 30rd FIMS World Congress of Sports Medicine, Barcelona, Spanien.

Voracek M, Fisher ML, Tan H, Sonneck G. Beliefs about the genetics of suicide in Canadian students: Cross-language validation of the Beliefs in the Inheritance of Risk Factors for Suicide Scale (BIRFSS). Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2008;62(3):271-278. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01793.x

Voracek M , Tran U, Formann A. Birthday and birthmate problems: Misconceptions of probability among psychology undergraduates and casino visitors and personnel. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 2008;106(1):91-103.

Voracek M. Cross-national social ecology of intelligence and suicide prevalence: Integration, refinement, and update of studies. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 2008;106(2):550-556.

Hofer AA, Voracek M , Tran US, Formann A. Die Biene überträgt also Malaria? Dimensionalität und Geschlechtsunterschiede im Allgemeinwissen Jugendlicher. 2008. Beitrag in 8. Wissenschaftliche Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Linz, Österreich.

Voracek M. Digit ratio (2D:4D), ABO blood type, and the Rhesus factor. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 2008;107:737-746.

Voracek M. Digit ratio (2D:4D) and wearing of wedding rings. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 2008;106:883-890.

Voracek M. Digit ratio (2D:4D) as a marker for mental disorders: Low (masculinized) 2D:4D in autism-spectrum disorders, high (feminized) 2D:4D in schizophrenic-spectrum disorders. Behavioral and Brain Sciences: an international journal of current research and theory with open peer commentary. 2008;31:283-284.

Stieger S, Voracek M. Digit ratio (2D:4D), facial attractiveness, and facial proportions in frontal and profile view. International Journal of Psychology. 2008;43(3-4):378.

Offenmüller D, Oeckher M, Stieger S, Hofer AA, Schwedler A, Voracek M. Digit ratio (2D:4D), facial attractiveness, and facial proportions in frontal and profile view. 2008. Beitrag in XXIXth International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Deutschland.

Hofer AA, Voracek M, Formann A. Does the bee give you malaria? The dimensionality of and sex differences in general knowledge in high-school students. International Journal of Psychology. 2008;43(3-4):634-634. doi: 10.1080/00207594.2008.10108486

Tran U, (ed.), Formann A, (ed.). Factors influencing the accuracy of item parameter estimates in the two-parameter logistic model. International Journal of Psychology. 2008;43.

Voracek M , Pietschnig J, Oeckher M. Finger, sex, and side differences in fingertip size and lack of association with image-based digit ratio (2D:4D) measurements. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 2008;107:507-512.

Offenmüller D, Oeckher M, Stieger S, Hofer AA, Schwedler A, Voracek M. Fingerlängenverhältnis (2D:4D), Gesichtsproportionen in Frontalansicht und im Profil, Gesichtsattraktivität und weitere gesichtsbezogene Attribute. 2008. Beitrag in 8. Wissenschaftliche Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Linz, Österreich.

Kastlunger B, Dressler S, Voracek M, Mittone L, Kirchler E. Fingerlängenverhältnis (2D:4D), psychologisches Geschlecht und Steuerehrlichkeit. 2008. Beitrag in 8. Wissenschaftliche Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Linz, Österreich.

Stieger S, Voracek M. Fingerlängenverhältnis (2D:4D) und implizite versus explizite Aggressionsmaße. 2008. Beitrag in 8. Wissenschaftliche Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Linz, Österreich.

Voracek M. Frühe geschlechtshormonelle Prägung von Verhalten (Prenatal Programming): Aktuelle Befunde psychologischer Forschung zu 2D:4D (Fingerlängenverhältnis). 2008. Beitrag in 8. Wissenschaftliche Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Linz, Österreich.

Swami V, Stieger S, Haubner T, Voracek M. German translation and psychometric evaluation of the Body Appreciation Scale. Body Image. 2008;5(1):122-127.

Loibl L, Tran U, Hirner A, Voracek M. Lay theories of suicide: Test-restest reliability and further validation of Lester and Bean's attribution of causes to suicide scale. Psychiatria Danubina. 2008;20(1):26-30.

Loibl L, Tran US, Hirner A, Voracek M. Lay theories of suicide: Test-retest reliability and further validation of Lester and Bean’s Attribution of Causes to Suicide Scale. Psychiatria Danubina. 2008;20:26-30.

Swami V, Arteche A, Chamorro-Premuzic T, Furnham A, Stieger S, Voracek M. Looking good: Factors affecting the likelihood of having cosmetic surgery. European Journal of Plastic Surgery. 2008;30:211-218.

Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Herberth A, Kapusta ND, Voracek M, Dervic K et al.. Media portrayals of suicide and imitative effects: Influence of media contents and characteristics of the recipients. 2008. Beitrag in 12th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior, Glasgow, Großbritannien / Vereinigtes Königreich.

Voracek M, Formann A. Meta-analysis of sex differences in Piaget's water-level tasks: Summarizing 50 years of research. International Journal of Psychology. 2008;43:67-67.

Pavlovic S, Voracek M, Formann A. Meta-analysis of sex differences in Piaget’s water-level tasks: Summarizing 50 years of research. International Journal of Psychology. 2008;43(3-4):67. doi: 10.1080/00207594.2008.10108483

Pavlovic S, Voracek M, Formann A. Meta-analysis of sex differences in Piaget’s water-level tasks: Summarizing 50 years of research. 2008. Beitrag in XXIXth International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Deutschland.

Voracek M, Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T, Dervic K, Sonneck G. Not carried away by a moonlight shadow: No evidence for associations between suicide occurrence and lunar phase among more than 65,000 suicide cases in Austria, 1970-2006. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift: The Central European Journal of Medicine. 2008;120:343-349.

Tran U, Formann A. Piaget's water-level tasks: Performance across the lifespan with emphasis on the elderly. Personality and Individual Differences. 2008;45(3):232-237.

Voracek M. Prenatal sex-hormonal programming of behavior: Progress of digit ratio (2D:4D) research and implications for psychology. International Journal of Psychology. 2008;43:378-378.