Mgr. Klára Bártová, Ph.D.

Research Area

• Evolution theories of human sexuality

• Sexual orientation, behavior and preferences

• (Un)usual sexual preferences and paraphilias

• Sexuality among persons with psychiatric disorders

• Excitation and inhibition mechanism in context of human sexuality

• Evolution theories of preferences, actual partner choice and relationship satisfaction

Courses

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Contact Information and Office Hours

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Languages

• English (actively)

• French (passively)

Education

• 2013–present: 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, postgraduate doctoral study in Medical Psychology and Psychopathology (dissertation thesis „Verification of Questionnaire "Dual Control Model" on Czech population“)

• 2012–2016: Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, doctorate degree in General Anthropology, specializing in human ethology (dissertation thesis „Preferences and actual mate choice in homosexual individuals”)

• 2010–2012: Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, master's degree in General Anthropology, specializing in human ethology (diploma thesis "Influence of homogamy and complementarity on long-term partner choice in homosexual individuals“)

• 2006–2010: Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, bachelor degree in Humanities Studies (bachelor thesis "Male homosexuality from a cultural point of view")

Work Experience

• 2016–present: Faculty of Humanities, Charles University - Researcher

• 2016–present: National Institute of Mental Health – Junior researcher

• 2014–present: Faculty of Humanities, Charles University - Assistant professor

• 2013–2014: Centrum for Theoretical Studies, Charles University - Researcher

• 2012–2014: Faculty of Humanities, Charles University - Researcher

• 2006–2013: University Preparation Program (UNIPREP) – Prototutor

Stays Abroad

• 2016 (XI.–XII.): Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Brazil

• 2014 (VII.–X.): Institute of Psychology, University of Brasilia, Brazil

Memberships

• 2011–present: Membership in The Czech and Slovak Ethological Society (ČSEtS)                

• 2012–present:

  • Membership in The International Society For Human Ethology (ISHE)

  • Membership in The International Academy of Sex Research (IASR)

• 2014 - present: Membership in Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES)

Publications (Eng)

• Klapilová, K., In Press. Bártová, K.: Sexual Pathology. In Sexuologie.

• Klapilová, K., Bártová, K., 2017: Sexual Pathology. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Meteor, Springer, US. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3382-1

• Štěrbová, Z., Bártová, K., Nováková, L. M., Varella, M. A. C., Havlíček, J., & Valentova, J. V., 2017: Assortative mating in personality among heterosexual and male homosexual couples from Brazil and the Czech Republic. Personality and Individual Differences, 112, 90-96. (IF = 1.946)

• Bártová, K., Štěrbová, Z., Nováková Martinec, L., Binter, J., Varella, M. A. C., Valentova Varella, J., 2017: Homogamy in Masculinity–Femininity Is Positively Linked to Relationship Quality in Gay Male Couples from the Czech Republic, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(5), 1349-1359 (IF = 2.589)

• Valentova, J. V., Varella, M. A. C., Bártová, K., Štěrbová, Z., Dixson, B., W., 2017: Mate preferences and choices for facial and body hair in androphilic women and men: Effects of sex, culture, homogamy, and imprinting-like effect. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38, 241-248. (IF = 3.130)

• Valentova Varella, J., Bártová, K., Štěrbová, Z., Varella, M. A. C., 2017:  Influence of sexual orientation, population, homogamy, and imprinting-like effect on preferences and choices for female buttock size, breast size and shape, and WHR. Personality and Individual Differences, 104, 313-319. (IF 1.861)

• Říha, D., Bártová, K., & Binter, J., 2016: Use of Virtual Reality and Human-Computer Interface for Diagnostic and Treatment Purposes in Human Sexuality Research. In Design, User Experience, and Usability (294-305). Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.

• Binter J., Klapilová K., Zikánová T., Nilsson, T., Bártová K., Krejčová L., Androvičová R., Lindová J., Průšová D., Wells T., Riha D., 2016: Exploring the Pathways of Adaptation an Avatar 3D Animation Procedures and Virtual Reality Arenas in Research of Human Courtship Behaviour and Sexual Reactivity in Psychological Research. In Virtual Worlds: The Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Intersections. Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, VB.

• Valentova, J. V., Štěrbová, Z., Bártová, K., Varella, M. A. C., 2016: Personality of ideal and actual romantic partners among heterosexual and non-heterosexual men and women: A cross-cultural study. Personality and Individual Differences, 101, 160-166. (IF 1.861)

• Valentova Varella, J., Bártová, K., Štěrbová, Z., Varella, M. A. C., 2016: Preferred and actual relative height are related by sex, sexual orientation, and dominance: Evidence from Brazil and Czech Republic. Personality and Individual Differences, 100, 145-150. (IF 1.861)

• Binter J., Schejbalová A., Bártová K., Valentová J., Krejčová L., Weiss P. & Klapilová K., 2015: Prevalence of Zoophilia in Czech Sado-Masochistic Community. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 12, 41-41. (IF = 3.15)

• Bártová K., Binter J., Breslerová K., Zunová M., Varella M. A. C., Valentova Varella J., 2015: Gender non-conforming men and women have higher tendencies for sexual promiscuity. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 12, 71-71. (IF = 3.15)

• Bártová K., Valentová J., 2012: Evolutionary perspective of same-sex sexuality: Homosexuality and homosociality revisited. Anthropologie (Brno), 50(1), 61-70.