Maria N. Scaptura Data-verified

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Assistant Professor

Last publication 2024 Last refreshed 2026-05-09

faculty

3 h-index 12 pubs 165 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Maria N. Scaptura's research investigates societal structures, power dynamics, and their intersection with violence and individual psychology. Her work examines how concepts of masculinity, race, and class influence attraction to aggression and endorsement of violence, particularly against women. She has published on the relationship between institutional anomie and affinity fraud, and explored how extremist ideologies intersect with violence against women. Scaptura also studies changes in sexual response during aging and their perceived threat to manhood, drawing on frameworks such as General Strain Theory and institutional anomie theory. Her scholarship has resulted in 12 publications, with an h-index of 3 and 158 citations. She collaborates with researchers such as Jeff Gruenewald at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 12
  • Citations: 165

Selected Publications

  • Subordination to Women, Anger, and Endorsement of Violence Against Women: A Test of General Strain Theory (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • ‘Manopause’: sexual response changes as a threat to ageing manhood (2024)

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