Stam Allan C, Von Hagen-Jamar Alexander, Worthington Alton B H
Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1045, USA.
Twin Res Hum Genet. 2012 Feb;15(1):60-70. doi: 10.1375/twin.15.1.60.
This paper examines the association between individuals' beliefs that the world is a dangerous place and their support for a variety of national security policies. We find that the source of the covariance between perceived danger and support for aggressive national security policies is primarily due to a common genetic factor. Latent genetic factors that influence individuals' perception of danger also appear to influence their positions on policies purported to alleviate such danger. Covariation between individuals' experiences and genes suggests that priming messages alone do not drive the covariation between feelings of danger and acceptance of policy changes.
本文研究了个人认为世界是一个危险之地的信念与他们对各种国家安全政策的支持之间的关联。我们发现，感知到的危险与对激进国家安全政策的支持之间的协方差来源主要归因于一个共同的基因因素。影响个人对危险感知的潜在基因因素似乎也会影响他们对旨在减轻此类危险的政策的立场。个人经历与基因之间的协变表明，仅靠启动信息并不能推动危险感与对政策变化的接受之间的协变。
