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Disgust sensitivity relates to attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women across 31 nations

Disgust sensitivity relates to attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women across 31 nations
Disgust sensitivity relates to attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women across 31 nations
Previous work has reported a relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice toward various social groups, including gay men and lesbian women. It is currently unknown whether this association is present across cultures, or specific to North America. Analyses of survey data from adult heterosexuals (N = 11,200) from 31 countries showed a small relation between pathogen disgust sensitivity (an individual-difference measure of pathogen-avoidance motivations) and measures of antigay attitudes. Analyses also showed that pathogen disgust sensitivity relates not only to antipathy toward gay men and lesbians, but also to negativity toward other groups, in particular those associated with violations of traditional sexual norms (e.g., prostitutes). These results suggest that the association between pathogen-avoidance motivations and antigay attitudes is relatively stable across cultures and is a manifestation of a more general relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice towards groups associated with sexual norm violations.
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Van Leeuwen, Florian, Inbar, Yoel, Petersen, Michael Bang, Aarøe, Lene, Barclay, Pat, Barlow, Fiona Kate, De Barra, Mícheál, Becker, D. Vaughn, Borovoi, Leah, Choi, Jongan, Consedine, Nathan S., Conway, Jane Rebecca, Conway, Paul, Cubela Adoric, Vera, Demirci, Dilara Ekin, Fernández, Ana María, Ferreira, Diogo Conque Seco, Ishii, Keiko, Jakšić, Ivana, Jonaityte, Inga, Lewis, David M. G., Li, Norman P., Mcintyre, Jason C., Mukherjee, Sumitava, Park, Justin H., Pawlowski, Boguslaw, Pizarro, David, Prokop, Pavol, Prodromitis, Gerasimos, Rantala, Markus J., Reynolds, Lisa M., Sandin, Bonifacio, Sevi, Bariş, Srinivasan, Narayanan, Tewari, Shruti, Yong, Jose C., Žeželj, Iris and Tybur, Joshua M. (2022) Disgust sensitivity relates to attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women across 31 nations. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. (doi:10.1177/13684302211067151).

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Previous work has reported a relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice toward various social groups, including gay men and lesbian women. It is currently unknown whether this association is present across cultures, or specific to North America. Analyses of survey data from adult heterosexuals (N = 11,200) from 31 countries showed a small relation between pathogen disgust sensitivity (an individual-difference measure of pathogen-avoidance motivations) and measures of antigay attitudes. Analyses also showed that pathogen disgust sensitivity relates not only to antipathy toward gay men and lesbians, but also to negativity toward other groups, in particular those associated with violations of traditional sexual norms (e.g., prostitutes). These results suggest that the association between pathogen-avoidance motivations and antigay attitudes is relatively stable across cultures and is a manifestation of a more general relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice towards groups associated with sexual norm violations.

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Accepted/In Press date: 26 November 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 March 2022
Published date: 26 March 2022
Additional Information: Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: J.R.C. acknowledges funding from the French National Research Agency (ANR) under Grant ANR-17-EURE-0010 (Investissements d’Avenir program). J.M.T. was supported by Horizon 2020 European Research Council Grant StG-2015 680002-HBIS. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2022.
Keywords: disgust sensitivity, emotion, pathogens, prejudice, sex
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Local EPrints ID: 472615
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/472615
DOI: doi:10.1177/13684302211067151
ISSN: 1368-4302
PURE UUID: daeff3af-29aa-4dfc-a174-37dc8b810c8a
ORCID for Paul Conway: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-6008

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Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 04:17

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Author: Florian Van Leeuwen
Author: Yoel Inbar
Author: Michael Bang Petersen
Author: Lene Aarøe
Author: Pat Barclay
Author: Fiona Kate Barlow
Author: Mícheál De Barra
Author: D. Vaughn Becker
Author: Leah Borovoi
Author: Jongan Choi
Author: Nathan S. Consedine
Author: Jane Rebecca Conway
Author: Paul Conway ORCID iD
Author: Vera Cubela Adoric
Author: Dilara Ekin Demirci
Author: Ana María Fernández
Author: Diogo Conque Seco Ferreira
Author: Keiko Ishii
Author: Ivana Jakšić
Author: Inga Jonaityte
Author: David M. G. Lewis
Author: Norman P. Li
Author: Jason C. Mcintyre
Author: Sumitava Mukherjee
Author: Justin H. Park
Author: Boguslaw Pawlowski
Author: David Pizarro
Author: Pavol Prokop
Author: Gerasimos Prodromitis
Author: Markus J. Rantala
Author: Lisa M. Reynolds
Author: Bonifacio Sandin
Author: Bariş Sevi
Author: Narayanan Srinivasan
Author: Shruti Tewari
Author: Jose C. Yong
Author: Iris Žeželj
Author: Joshua M. Tybur

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