Trait physical disgust is related to moral judgments outside of the purity domain

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 341-348

  Chapman, Hanah A ^a,b   Anderson, Adam K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Disgust; Disgust sensitivity; Emotion; Morality

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; DISGUST; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMARITAL SEX; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897964774     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035120     Document Type: Article

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