Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

•Denotes shared first authorship

*Denotes supervised undergraduate student

Peters, S. D. & Maner, J. K. (accepted). Sexual relationships matter more to men than to women. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Peters, S. D.,*Glicken, D. S., Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2025). Does sex today reduce stress tomorrow? Examining lagged-associations between sex and stress among newlywed couples. Archives of Sexual Behavior, OnlineFirst.

Peters, S. D., Maner, J. K., & Meltzer, A. L. (2025). The evolved psychology of mate preferences: Sexual desire underlies the prioritization of attractiveness in long-term partners. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 121, OnlineFirst.

Peters, S. D., Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2025). Own and partner attachment insecurity interact to predict marital satisfaction and dissolution. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 165(5), 519-529.

Peters, S. D., Maner, J. K., & Meltzer, A. L. (2024). Sexual desire is not partner specific: Evidence for a positive association between desire for one’s romantic partner and desire for alternative partners. Human Nature. OnlineFirst.

•Hendrickson, J., •Peters, S. D., French, J. E., & Maner, J. K. (2024). Distinct individual differences in motivations for pair-bonding and sexual behavior: Implications for close relationships. Personality and Individual Differences, 230, 1-7.

Paitel, E. R., Peters, S. D., Lobermeier, M., & Lopez, R. A. (2022). Age-related no-go P300 amplitudes are moderated by exposure to early-life stress. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 180, 1-9.

Peters, S. D. & Meltzer, A. L. (2021). Newlywed couples’ own and partner sexual disgust sensitivities interact to predict their marital satisfaction through their sexual satisfaction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(6), 2563-2577.

Lobermeier, M. & Peters, S. (2020). Behavioral and ERP measures of response initiation and response inhibition among high and low sensation seekers. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 25, 65-76.

Cowell, R. A., Paitel, E. R., & Peters, S. (2019). The context of caution: An examination of age, social context, and sex on measures of inhibitory control and risky decision-making. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 90, 84-103.

Peters, S. & Salzsieder, H. (2018). What makes you swipe right? Gender similarity in interpersonal attraction in a simulated online dating context. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 23, 320-329.

Invited Chapters & Encyclopedia Entries

*Denotes supervised undergraduate student

Gardiner, E., Paul, L., Martinez, J. L., & Peters, S. D. (in press). Attractiveness: Relationship satisfaction. In T. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer, Cham.

Peters, S. D. & Meltzer, A. L. (2023). Sex differences: Emotional versus sexual infidelity. In T. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08956-5_324-1

French, J. E., Peters, S. D., Breedin, O. W., Altgelt, E. E., & Meltzer. A. L. (2022). Shifts in partner attractiveness. In T. Shackelford (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology, Volume 3: Female Sexual Adaptations. New York: Springer.

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