Tybur Joshua M, Merriman Leslie A, Hooper Ann E Caldwell, McDonald Melissa M, Navarrete Carlos David
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Evol Psychol. 2010 Oct 26;8(4):599-616. doi: 10.1177/147470491000800406.
Previous research suggests that several individual and cultural level attitudes, cognitions, and societal structures may have evolved to mitigate the pathogen threats posed by intergroup interactions. It has been suggested that these anti-pathogen defenses are at the root of conservative political ideology. Here, we test a hypothesis that political conservatism functions as a pathogen-avoidance strategy. Across three studies, we consistently find no relationship between sensitivity to pathogen disgust and multiple measures of political conservatism. These results are contrasted with theoretical perspectives suggesting a relationship between conservatism and pathogen avoidance, and with previous findings of a relationship between conservatism and disgust sensitivity.
先前的研究表明,一些个人层面和文化层面的态度、认知以及社会结构可能已经进化,以减轻群体间互动所带来的病原体威胁。有人提出,这些抗病原体防御是保守政治意识形态的根源。在此,我们检验一个假设,即政治保守主义起到一种避免病原体的策略的作用。在三项研究中,我们始终发现,对病原体厌恶的敏感度与政治保守主义的多项衡量指标之间没有关系。这些结果与表明保守主义和避免病原体之间存在关联的理论观点形成对比,也与先前关于保守主义和厌恶敏感度之间存在关联的研究结果形成对比。