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Disgust Sensitivity, Political Conservatism, and Voting
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In two large samples (combined N = 31,045), we found a positive relationship between disgust sensitivity and political conservatism. This relationship held when controlling for a number of demographic variables as well as the “Big Five” personality traits. Disgust sensitivity was also associated with more conservative voting in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. In Study 2, we replicated the disgust sensitivity–conservatism relationship in an international sample of respondents from 121 different countries. Across both samples, contamination disgust, which reflects a heightened concern with interpersonally transmitted disease and pathogens, was most strongly associated with conservatism.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Inbar, Y., Pizarro, D., Iyer, R., & Haidt, J.
- Affiliations
- Tilburg University (NL)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Inbar, Yoel
- Venue
- Social Psychological and Personality Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-12-06
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 537-544
- ISSN
- 1948-5506 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-5514
- OpenAlex
- W2126305164
- Cited by
- 358
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Psychological and Personality Science (publishedVersion)
- Research portal (Tilburg University) (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (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 › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- disgust sensitivity, political conservatism, voting behavior, 2008 presidential election, Big Five personality traits, cross-national replication
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