Publications

Malvina N. Skorska, Ph.D.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals (reverse chronological) (n = 27)
Gómez Jiménez, F. R., Skorska, M. N., Zahran, A., Vasey, P. L., & VanderLaan, D. P. (accepted). Facial symmetry of the sisters of Thai and Istmo Zapotec androphilic males. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences.

Giannini, A., Leong, M., Chan, K., Graham, E., Ghaltaei, A., Robinson, C., Cross, A., Skorska, M. N., & Gabison, S. (in press). Patient, family, caregiver, and community engagement in rehabilitation research: A sensibility evaluation of an infographic and planning guide. Physiotherapy Canada. doi:10.3138/ptc-2021-0057

VanderLaan, D. P., Skorska, M. N., Peragine, D. E., & Coome, L. A. (in press). Carving the biodevelopment of same-sex sexual orientation at its joints. Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10508-022-02360-1

Blanchard, R., & Skorska, M. N. (in press). New data on birth order in homosexual men and women and a reply to Vilsmeier et al. (2021a, 2021b). Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10508-022-02362-z

Peragine, D. E., Skorska, M. N., Maxwell, J. A., Impett, E. A., & VanderLaan, D. P. (in press). A learning experience? Enjoyment at sexual debut and the gender gap in sexual desire among emerging adults. Journal of Sex Research. doi:10.1080/00224499.2022.2027855

Skorska, M. N., Yule, M. A., Bogaert, A. F., & Brotto, L. A. (in press). Patterns of genital and subjective sexual arousal in cisgender asexual men. Journal of Sex Research. doi:10.1080/00224499.2022.2071411

Skorska, M. N., Lobaugh, N. J., Lombardo, M. V., van Bruggen, N., Chavez, S., Thurston, L. T., Aitken, M., Zucker, K. J., Chakravarty, M. M., Lai, M.-C., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2022). Inter-network brain functional connectivity in adolescents assigned female at birth who experience gender dysphoria. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, Article 903058. doi:10.3389/fendo.2022.903058

Peragine, D. E., Skorska, M. N., Maxwell, J. A., Impett, E. A., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2022). The risks and benefits of being “early to bed”: Toward a broader understanding of age at sexual debut and sexual health in adulthood. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 19, 1343-1358. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.06.005

Thurston, L., Coome, L. A., Skorska, M. N., Peragine, D. E., Saokhieo, P., Kaewthip, O., Chariyalertsak, S., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2021). Mental rotation task performance in relation to sexual and gender diversity in Thailand. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 133, 105428. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105428

Skorska, M. N., Coome, L. A., Peragine, D. E., Aitken, M., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2021). An anthropometric study of sexual orientation and gender identity in Thailand. Scientific Reports, 11, 18432. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97845-9

Skorska, M. N., Chavez, S., Devenyi, G. A., Patel, R., Thurston, L., Lai, M.-C., Zucker, K. J., Chakravarty, M. M., Lobaugh, N. J., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2021). A multi-modal MRI analysis of cortical structure in relation to gender dysphoria, sexual orientation, and age in adolescents. Journal of Clinical Medicine [invited manuscript], 10, 345. doi:10.3390/jcm10020345

Skorska, M. N., Coome, L. A., Zahran, A., Peragine, D. E., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2021). Facial attractiveness of sisters of Thai gay men and sao praphet song. Journal of Sex Research, 58, 116-121. doi:10.1080/00224499.2020.1742858

Coome, L. A., Skorska, M. N., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2020). Direct reproduction and sexual orientation and gender diversity in Thailand. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 2449-2460. doi:10.1007/s10508-020-01830-8

Skorska, M. N., Coome, L. A., Saokhieo, P., Kaewthip, O., Chariyalertsak, S., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2020). Handedness and birth order among heterosexual men, gay men, and sao praphet song in Northern Thailand. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 2431-2448. doi:10.1007/s10508-020-01774-z

Bogaert, A. F., & Skorska, M. N. (2020). A short review of biological research on the development of sexual orientation. Hormones and Behavior, 119, 104659. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104659

Skorska, M. N., & Bogaert, A. F. (2020). Fraternal birth order, only-child status, and sibling sex ratio related to sexual orientation in the Add Health data: A re-analysis and extended findings. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 557-573. doi:10.1007/s10508-019-01496-x

Swift-Gallant, A., Coome, L. A., Skorska, M. N., Monks, D. A., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2019). Pubertal onset and anal sex role among gay men. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 6, 107-112. doi:10.1037/sgd0000302

Skorska, M. N., Hodson, G., & Hoffarth, M. R. (2018). Experimental effects of degrading versus erotic pornography exposure in men on reactions toward women (objectification, sexism, discrimination). Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 27, 261-276. doi:10.3138/cjhs.2018-0001

Coome, L. A., Skorska, M. N., van der Miesen, A. I. R., Peragine, D. E., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2018). An examination of the biodevelopment of gender expression in children ages 6-to-12 years. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 27, 133-143. doi:10.3138/cjhs.2018-0013

Bogaert, A. F., Skorska, M. N., Wang, C., Gabrie, J., MacNeil, A. J., Hoffarth, M. R., VanderLaan, D. P., Zucker, K. J., & Blanchard, R. (2018). Male homosexuality and maternal immune responsivity to the Y-linked protein NLGN4Y. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, 302-306. doi:10.1073/pnas.1705895114

Ellis, L., Skorska, M. N., & Bogaert, A. F. (2017). Handedness, sexual orientation, and biomarkers for prenatal androgens: Are southpaws really that gay? Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 22, 157-180. doi:10.1080/1357650X.2016.1151024

Skorska, M. N., Blanchard, R., VanderLaan, D. P., Zucker, K. J., & Bogaert, A. F. (2017). Gay male only-children: Evidence for low birth weight and high maternal miscarriage rates. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 205-215. doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0829-9

Skorska, M. N., & Bogaert, A. F. (2017). Pubertal stress and nutrition and their association with sexual orientation and height in the Add Health data. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 217-236. doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0800-9
Note: This manuscript is the winner of the 2017 IASR Best Student Manuscript Award.
Link to open access version of this manuscript.

Skorska, M. N., & Bogaert, A. F. (2017). Sexual orientation, objective height, and self-reported height. Journal of Sex Research, 54, 19-32. doi:10.1080/00224499.2015.1124831

Skorska, M. N., Geniole, S. N., Vrysen, B. M., McCormick, C. M., & Bogaert, A. F. (2015). Facial structure predicts sexual orientation in both men and women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 1377-1394. doi:10.1007/s10508-014-0454-4

Hodson, G., & Skorska, M. N. (2015). Tapping generalized essentialism to predict outgroup prejudices. British Journal of Social Psychology, 54, 371-382. doi:10.1111/bjso.12083

Bogaert, A. F., & Skorska, M. N. (2011). Sexual orientation, fraternal birth order, and the maternal immune hypothesis: A review of evidence. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 32, 247-254. doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2011.02.004

Chapters contributed to books (reverse chronological) (n = 2)

VanderLaan, D. P., Skorska, M. N., Peragine, D. E., & Coome, L. A. (2021). Carving the biodevelopment of same-sex sexual orientation at its joints. In D. P. VanderLaan and W. I. Wong (Eds.), Gender and sexuality development: Contemporary theory and research (in press). New York: Springer.

Skorska, M. N., & Bogaert, A. F. (2015). Sexual orientation: Biological influences. In J. D. Wright (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (2nd Ed., Vol. 21, pp. 773-778). Oxford, UK: Elsevier.

Encyclopedia entries (reverse chronological) (n = 1)

Skorska, M. N., & Bogaert, A. F. (2016). The fraternal birth order effect. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (pp. 1-3). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3373-1

Commentaries and letters to the editor (reverse chronological) (n = 3)

Bogaert, A. F., Skorska, M. N., Wang, C., MacNeil, A. J., Hoffarth, M., R., VanderLaan, D. P., Zucker, K. J., & Blanchard, R. (2019). Older brothers, sexual orientation, and a maternal immune reaction to NLGN4Y: Our response to Rao and Andrade (2019). Journal of Psychosexual Health, 1, 288. doi:10.1177/2631831819890776

Bogaert, A. F., Skorska, M. N. & Modica, E. (2019). Attachment, sexual desire, and object of desire self-consciousness (ODSC) trade-up effects. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 1689-1692. doi:10.1007/s10508-018-1337-x

Skorska, M. N., & Bogaert, A. F. (2017). Prenatal androgens in men's sexual orientation: Evidence for a more nuanced role? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 1621-1624. doi:10.1007/s10508-017-1000-y