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Conservatives are more easily disgusted than liberals
Abstract
The uniquely human emotion of disgust is intimately connected to morality in many, perhaps all, cultures (Rozin, Lowery, Imada, & Haidt, 1999b). We report two studies suggesting that a predisposition to feel disgust (“disgust sensitivity”) is associated with more conservative political attitudes, especially for issues related to the moral dimension of purity. In the first study, we document a positive correlation between disgust sensitivity and self-reported conservatism in a broad sample of US adults. In Study 2 we show that while disgust sensitivity is associated with more conservative attitudes on a range of political issues, this relationship is strongest for purity-related issues—specifically, abortion and gay marriage.
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“Results are mixed on this, actually; Inbar et al. (2009) found that conservatives have greater disgust.”
From Parasite-stress promotes in-group assortative sociality: The cases of strong family ties and heightened religiosity (2012) · cites this paper as Inbar et al. (2009)
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“empirical evidence reveals that the subjective perception of infection risk causes individuals to be more conformist, to prefer conformity and obedience in others, to respond more negatively toward others who fail to conform, and to endorse more conservative socio-political attitudes [10], [11], [12], [13], [14].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Inbar, Y., Pizarro, D. A., & Bloom, P.
- Affiliations
- Cornell University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Inbar, Yoel
- Venue
- Cognition & Emotion
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-06
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 714-725
- ISSN
- 0269-9931 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-0600
- OpenAlex
- W2142553311
- Cited by
- 574
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cognition & Emotion (publishedVersion)
- OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- disgust sensitivity, political conservatism, moral emotions, purity, moral dimensions, abortion, same-sex marriage, political attitudes, liberals and conservatives
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