The behavioral immune system and social conservatism: a meta-analysis

By John A. Terrizzi, Natalie J. Shook, Michael A. McDaniel. 2013

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article i nfo Article history: Initial receipt 13 August 2012 Final revision received 18 October 2012

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science

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The Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic Declaration on Psychological Consequences: A Study on Active Weibo Users (2020, methodology): “According to Behavioral Immune System (BIS) theory [2], people are likely to develop negative emotions (e.”
Human pathogen avoidance adaptations (2016, background): “Current Opinion in Psychology 2016, 7:6–11 [10,11,12 ], and antipathy toward homosexuals [13], the obese [14,15], the elderly [16] and the disabled [17].”
Meta-analytic Reviews in the Organizational Sciences: Two Meta-analytic Schools on the Way to MARS (the Meta-analytic Reporting Standards) (2013, background): “Also, more explicit descriptions of how studies in non-English languages and non-published samples have been treated should become common practice (see, e.g., Halbert et al. 2006; Kuncel et al. 2001; Terrizzi et al. 2013).”
The behavioral immune system: Current concerns and future directions (2018, background): “Terrizzi et al. (2013) took this approach in meta‐analyzing the association between chronic disease concern and social conservatism and found an overall effect size in the small to medium range.”
The Behavioral Immune System: Implications for Social Cognition, Social Interaction, and Social Influence (2016, background): “In addition to its consequences for face preferences, activation of the behavioral immune also has consequences for the endorsement of conservative social and political attitudes (Terrizzi et al., 2013).”
Is the Relationship Between Pathogen Avoidance and Ideological Conservatism Explained by Sexual Strategies (2015, methodology): “Measures of religiosity, traditionalism, and social dominance orientation have been used in several of the studies testing for relationships between pathogen avoidance and social conservatism (Terrizzi et al., 2013).”
How Disgust Influences Health Purity Attitudes (2016, background): “Psychologists have also found a positive relationship between political conservatism and disgust sensitivity (Inbar et al. 2011; Inbar et al. 2009; Smith et al. 2011a; Terrizzi et al. 2013; Terrizzi et al. 2010), though the magnitude of the relationship varies depending on how ideology and disgust s”