Elevated disgust sensitivity in the first trimester of pregnancy: Evidence supporting the compensatory prophylaxis hypothesis

By Daniel M.T. Fessler, Serena J. Eng, C. David Navarrete. 2005

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Disgust as a disease-avoidance mechanism. (2009, methodology): “Fessler, Eng, and Navarrete (2005) examined pregnancy and disgust sensitivity.”
Human pathogen avoidance adaptations (2016, background): “Hormonal status Progesterone might reduce ability to fight infection, or it might act as a cue to increased susceptibility to infection [54] Women with higher progesterone levels experience more disgust toward and avoid cues to pathogens more than women with lower progesterone (see also [55,56])”
The Behavioral Immune System: Implications for Social Cognition, Social Interaction, and Social Influence (2016, background): “Other studies show that during the first trimester of pregnancy—when immunological responses to infection are suppressed—women exhibit elevated sensitivity to disgust and more exaggerated ethnocentric attitudes (Fessler, 2002; Fessler et al., 2005; Navarrete et al., 2007).”
Renovating the Pyramid of Needs: Contemporary Extensions Built Upon Ancient Foundations (2010, unknown): “Rather than being a pathology, pregnancy illness is associated with better fetal health and lower rates of spontaneous abortion (Fessler et al., 2005; Profet, 1992).”
Disgust: evolved function and structure. (2013, background): “Internal states indicating greater vulnerability to pathogens, including progesterone, can act as an additional input to modulate the disgust response (Fessler et al., 2005; Fleischman & Fessler, 2011).”
Elevated ethnocentrism in the first trimester of pregnancy (2007, result): “Consistent with previous research (Fessler et al., 2005), self-reported nausea varied somewhat similarly across weeks of pregnancy (r= .14, p=.05).”