Structured CV CSAJBÓK Zsófia

Research Interests

Human mate choice

Mate preferences and mate value

Depression in romantic relationships

Emotional contagion

Employment History

01.2022 – present: assistant professor and postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague

11.2022 – now: researcher and adjunct teacher at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

01.2021 – 12.2021: postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague

09.2019-12.2019: guest lecturer at the Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University

01.2019 – 12.2021: researcher at the Third, then Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague

09.2016 – 06.2024: researcher and statistician at the National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany

Selected grant projects (2013-2023)

Exploring the dynamics of depressive symptoms in intimate relationships,

Host: Faculty of Humanities, Charles University; Funding body: Czech Science Foundation; Project ID: 23-05379S Duration of the project: 01.01.2023-31.12.2025 (principal investigator)

Active parental influence on their offspring´s romantic relationships

Host: Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Science, Charles University; Funding body: Czech Science Foundation; Project ID: 22-27522S Duration of the project: 01.01.2022-31.12.2024 (team member)

Mate preferences and their relation to actual mate choice: Comparison between the Additive and the Threshold Models

Host: Faculty of Science, Charles University; Funding body: Charles University Grant Agency; Project ID: 1118119 Duration of the project: 01.01.2019-31.12.2021 (principal investigator)

Prevention of mental illness: Role of early-life risk factors

Host: Third, then Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University; Funding body: Primus Research Programme of Charles University; Project ID: PRIMUS/19/MED/08 Duration of the project: 01.01.2019-31.12.2021 (team member)

Selected publications (2013-2023)

Cermakova, P. & Csajbók, Z. (2023). Household crowding in childhood and trajectories of depressive symptoms in mid-life and older age. Journal of Affective Disorders, 340, 465-461.

Csajbók, Z., Štěrbová, Z., Brewer, G., Cândea, C.A., De Backer, C.J.S., Fernández, A.M., Fisher, M.L., Garcia, J.R., Kruger, D.J., Massar, K., Oberzaucher, E., Quintelier, K.J.P., Van Geffen, R.E., Varella Valentova, J., Varella, M.A.C., & Jonason, P.K. (2023). Individual differences in how desirable people think they are as a mate. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 2475-2490.

Csajbók, Z., Aarsland, D., & Cermakova, P. (2023). Between-person and within-person effects in the temporal relationship between depressive symptoms and cognitive function. Journal of Affective Disorders, 331, 380-385.

Cermakova, P., Chlapečka, A., Csajbók, Z., Andrýsková, L., Brázdil, M., & Marečková, K. (2023). Parental education, cognition and functional connectivity of the salience network. Scientific Reports, 13, 2761.

Marchi, A., Csajbók, Z., & Jonason, P.K. (2023). 24 ways to be compatible with your relationship partners: Sex differences, context effects, and love styles. Personality and Individual Differences, 206, 112134.

Csajbók, Z., White, K., & Jonason, P.K. (2023). Six “red flags” in relationships: From being dangerous to gross and being apathetic to unmotivated. Personality and Individual Differences, 204, 112048.

Csajbók, Z., Sieber, S., Cullati, S., Boisgontier, M.P., Cermakova, P., & Cheval., B. (2022). Physical activity mediates the association between cognitive function and depressive symptoms. Translational Psychiatry, 12, 414-522.

Havlíček, J., Štěrbová, Z., & Csajbók, Z. (2022). Human Mate Choice. In: T. M. Freeberg, A. R. Ridley, & P. d’Ettorre (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Comparative Psychology (pp. 338-354). Routledge.

Csajbók, Z., Berkics, M., & Havlíček, J. (2022). Meeting minimum mate preference thresholds can be more important than the overall score. Personality and Individual Differences, 195, 111675.

Csajbók, Z., Štěrbová, Z., Jonason, P.K., Cermakova, P., Dóka, Á., & Havlíček, J. (2022). Variation in depressive symptom trajectories in a large-scale sample of couples. Translational Psychiatry, 12, 206-211.

Csajbók, Z., Kagstrom, A., & Cermakova, P. (2022). Season of birth has no effect on symptoms of depression and anxiety in older adults. Scientific Reports, 12, 1-9.

Csajbók, Z. & Berkics, M. (2022). Seven deadly sins of potential romantic partners: The dealbreakers of mate choice. Personality and Individual Differences, 186, 111334.

Cheval, B., Csajbók, Z., Formánek, T., Sieber, S., Boisgontier, M.P., Cullati, S., Cermakova, P. (2021). Association between physical-activity trajectories and cognitive decline in adults 50 years of age or older. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 30, e79.

Wolfová, K., Csajbók, Z., Kagstrom, A., & Cermakova, P. (2021). Role of sex in the association of childhood socioeconomic position to cognitive ageing in late-life. Scientific Reports, 11, 4647.

Csajbók, Z., Kagstrom, A., Kåreholt, I., Pawłowski, B., Marečková, K., & Cermakova, P. (2021). Sex differences in the association of childhood socioeconomic position and later-life depressive symptoms in Europe: the mediating effect of education. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56, 1091-1101.

Formánek, T., Csajbók, Z., Wolfová, K., Kučera, M., Tom, S., Aarsland, D., & Cermakova, P. (2020). Trajectories of depressive symptoms and associated patterns of cognitive decline. Scientific Reports, 10, 20888.

Kagstrom, A., Alexova, A., Tuskova, E., Csajbók, Z., Schomerus, G., Mlada, K., Winkler, P., & Cermakova, P. (2019) Closing the treatment gap for mental disorders in the Czech Republic. European Psychiatry, 59, 37-43.

Csajbók, Z., Havlíček, J., Demetrovics, Z., & Berkics, M. (2019). Self-Perceived Mate Value Is Poorly Predicted by Demographic Variables. Evolutionary Psychology, 17, 1474704919829037.

Kučerová, R., Csajbók, Z., & Havlíček, J. (2018). Coupled individuals adjust their ideal mate preferences according to their actual partner. Personality and Individual Differences, 135, 248-257.

Csajbók, Z., & Berkics, M. (2017). Factor, factor, on the whole, who's the best fitting of all?: Factors of mate preferences in a large sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 114, 92-102.

Academic Honours and Awards (2013-2023)

2023: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Postdoctoral Fellowships (101107147): Seal of Excellence (score ≥ 85)

2022: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Postdoctoral Fellowships (101067258): Seal of Excellence (score ≥ 85)

Research stays (2013-2023)

05, 09.2023: Erasmus+ Staff Mobility: Learning about journal and volume editing at the University of Padua, Italy

10-11.2019: Charles University Travel Grant: Research visit to learn dyadic data analysis at the University of Montréal, Canada

06.2019: Erasmus+ Staff Mobility: Studying odor sampling, the functioning of gas chromatography, and the measurement of other biometric data at the University of Stirling, United Kingdom

03-08.2018: Erasmus+ Study Fellowship: Testing the effects of MHC-similarity in human mate choice on a twin sample at the University of Stirling, United Kingdom

09.2015: Eötvös Loránd University Travel Grant: Research visit to conduct an international comparative study of peer counselling practices in Oxford and London, United Kingdom