| Body image and marital satisfaction: evidence for the mediating role of sexual frequency and sexual satisfaction. AL Meltzer, JK McNulty Journal of Family Psychology 24 (2), 156, 2010 | 280 | 2010 |
| Sex differences in the implications of partner physical attractiveness for the trajectory of marital satisfaction. AL Meltzer, JK McNulty, GL Jackson, BR Karney Journal of personality and social psychology 106 (3), 418, 2014 | 252 | 2014 |
| Though they may be unaware, newlyweds implicitly know whether their marriage will be satisfying JK McNulty, MA Olson, AL Meltzer, MJ Shaffer Science 342 (6162), 1119-1120, 2013 | 173 | 2013 |
| Quantifying the sexual afterglow: The lingering benefits of sex and their implications for pair-bonded relationships AL Meltzer, A Makhanova, LL Hicks, JE French, JK McNulty, TN Bradbury Psychological Science 28 (5), 587-598, 2017 | 93 | 2017 |
| Marital satisfaction predicts weight gain in early marriage. AL Meltzer, SA Novak, JK McNulty, EA Butler, BR Karney Health Psychology 32 (7), 824, 2013 | 74 | 2013 |
| Attentional and evaluative biases help people maintain relationships by avoiding infidelity. JK McNulty, AL Meltzer, A Makhanova, JK Maner Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 115 (1), 76, 2018 | 71 | 2018 |
| Implications of life-history strategies for obesity JK Maner, A Dittmann, AL Meltzer, JK McNulty Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (32), 8517-8522, 2017 | 70 | 2017 |
| Who is sexually faithful? Own and partner personality traits as predictors of infidelity EE Altgelt, MA Reyes, JE French, AL Meltzer, JK McNulty Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 35 (4), 600-614, 2018 | 69 | 2018 |
| Mate preferences for warmth-trustworthiness predict romantic attraction in the early stages of mate selection and satisfaction in ongoing relationships KA Valentine, NP Li, AL Meltzer, MH Tsai Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 46 (2), 298-311, 2020 | 66 | 2020 |
| Capturing the interpersonal implications of evolved preferences? Frequency of sex shapes automatic, but not explicit, partner evaluations LL Hicks, JK McNulty, AL Meltzer, MA Olson Psychological Science 27 (6), 836-847, 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
| Student ratings of a male and female professors’ lecture on sex discrimination in the workforce MH Abel, AL Meltzer Sex Roles 57, 173-180, 2007 | 62 | 2007 |
| The validity of sex-differentiated mate preferences: Reconciling the seemingly conflicting evidence. NP Li, AL Meltzer Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences 9 (2), 89, 2015 | 61 | 2015 |
| Men still value physical attractiveness in a long-term mate more than women: Rejoinder to Eastwick, Neff, Finkel, Luchies, and Hunt (2014). AL Meltzer, JK McNulty, GL Jackson, BR Karney American Psychological Association 106 (3), 435, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| Marriages are more satisfying when wives are thinner than their husbands AL Meltzer, JK McNulty, SA Novak, EA Butler, BR Karney Social Psychological and Personality Science 2 (4), 416-424, 2011 | 52 | 2011 |
| How both partners’ individual differences, stress, and behavior predict change in relationship satisfaction: Extending the VSA model JK McNulty, AL Meltzer, LA Neff, BR Karney Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (27), e2101402118, 2021 | 51 | 2021 |
| The association between discontinuing hormonal contraceptives and wives’ marital satisfaction depends on husbands’ facial attractiveness VM Russell, JK McNulty, LR Baker, AL Meltzer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (48), 17081-17086, 2014 | 46 | 2014 |
| Sex-differentiated changes in sexual desire predict marital dissatisfaction JK McNulty, JA Maxwell, AL Meltzer, RF Baumeister Archives of Sexual Behavior 48, 2473-2489, 2019 | 40 | 2019 |
| “Tell me I'm sexy... and otherwise valuable”: Body valuation and relationship satisfaction AL Meltzer, JK McNulty Personal Relationships 21 (1), 68-87, 2014 | 40 | 2014 |
| The implications of sociosexuality for marital satisfaction and dissolution JE French, EE Altgelt, AL Meltzer Psychological science 30 (10), 1460-1472, 2019 | 36 | 2019 |
| Social support and weight maintenance in marriage: The interactive effects of support seeking, support provision, and gender. AL Meltzer, JK McNulty, BR Karney Journal of Family Psychology 26 (5), 678, 2012 | 34 | 2012 |
James K. McNultyFlorida State UniversityVerified email at psy.fsu.edu
