Does the Behavioral Immune System Prepare Females to Be Religiously Conservative and Collectivistic?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-202

  Terrizzi Jr , John A ^a   Clay, Russ ^b   Shook, Natalie J ^c  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AURORA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collectivism; disgust; human sex differences; religious conservatism; social conservatism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLECTIVISM; DISGUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN SEX DIFFERENCES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CONSERVATISM; YOUNG ADULT;

COLLECTIVISM; DISGUST; HUMAN SEX DIFFERENCES; RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM; SOCIAL CONSERVATISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892395417     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213508792     Document Type: Article

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