Pathogens, Personality, and Culture: Disease Prevalence Predicts Worldwide Variability in Sociosexuality, Extraversion, and Openness to Experience

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 212-221

  Schaller, Mark ^a   Murray, Damian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

culture; disease prevalence; extraversion; openness to experience; sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

CHARACTER; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 47249136170     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.1.212     Document Type: Article

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