Is the relationship between pathogen avoidance and ideological conservatism explained by sexual strategies?

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 489-497

  Tybur, Joshua M ^a   Inbar, Yoel ^b   Güler, Ezgi ^a   Molho, Catherine ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disgust; Individual differences; Pathogen avoidance; Political attitudes; Sexual strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938351978     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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