Frequency and recency of infection and their relationship with disgust and contamination sensitivity
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People with high contamination sensitivity and disgust sensitivity, which are thought to be emotional defenses against parasitic infection, had fewer recent infectious diseases than people with low sensitivities.
“The recent research by Stevenson et al. (2009) reports that people with high contamination sensitivity and disgust sensitivity, which are thought to be emotional defenses against parasitic infection, had fewer recent infectious diseases than people with low sensitivities”
From Parasite-stress promotes in-group assortative sociality: The cases of strong family ties and heightened religiosity (2012) · cites this paper as Stevenson et al. 2009
High contamination sensitivity, in particular, was associated positively with a person's history of contracting infectious diseases (but not with recency of infections).
“These researchers also found that high contamination sensitivity, in particular, was associated positively with a person's history of contracting infectious diseases (but not with recency of infections)”
From Parasite-stress promotes in-group assortative sociality: The cases of strong family ties and heightened religiosity (2012) · cites this paper as Stevenson et al. 2009
Proximate mechanisms by which individuals assess local parasite-stress may include immune system activation (such as the frequency of infection), social learning of local disease risks, and direct observation of parasite threat.
“Proximate mechanisms by which individuals assess local parasite-stress - and thereby ontogenetically and contingently express the locally adaptive degree of defensive assortative sociality - may include immune system activation (such as, the frequency of infection; Stevenson et al. 2009) and social learning of local disease risks, as well as direct observation of parasite threat”
From Parasite-stress promotes in-group assortative sociality: The cases of strong family ties and heightened religiosity (2012) · cites this paper as Stevenson et al. 2009
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- Authors
- Stevenson, R. J., Case, T. I., & Oaten, M. J.
- Affiliations
- Macquarie University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Stevenson, Richard J.
- Venue
- Evolution and Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-09
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 363-368
- ISSN
- 1090-5138 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2038612614
- Cited by
- 100
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 2.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Evolution and Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Australian Research Council
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- disgust, contamination sensitivity, infectious diseases, disease frequency, disease avoidance, evolutionary psychology
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