Gut check: Reappraisal of disgust helps explain liberal-conservative differences on issues of purity

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 513-521

  Feinberg, Matthew ^a   Antonenko, Olga ^b   Willer, Robb ^c   Horberg, E J ^c   John, Oliver P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Disgust; Emotion regulation; Morality; Political attitudes

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; DISGUST; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; POLITICS; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RIGHTS; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; POLITICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901854105     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033727     Document Type: Article

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