Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2023
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Disgust, sexual orientation, gay, lesbian, evolutionary psychology
Discipline
Gender and Sexuality | Personality and Social Contexts | Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
Volume
26
Issue
3
First Page
629
Last Page
651
ISSN
1368-4302
Identifier
10.1177/13684302211067151
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
Citation
van Leeuwen, F., Inbar, Y., Petersen, M. B., Aaroe, L., Barclay, P., Barlow, F. K., de Barra, M., Becker, D. V., Borovoi, L., Choi, J., Consedine, N. S., Conway, J. R., Conway, P., Adoric, V. C., & LI, Norman P., .(2023). Disgust sensitivity relates to attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women across 31 nations. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 26(3), 629-651.
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211067151
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Comments
van Leeuwen, F.; Inbar, Y.; Petersen, M. B.; Aaroe, L.; Barclay, P.; Barlow, F. K.; de Barra, M.; Becker, D. V.; Borovoi, L.; Choi, J.; Consedine, N. S.; Conway, J. R.; Conway, P.; Adoric, V. C.; Demirci, E., Fernández, A. M., Seco-Ferreira, D. C., Ishii, K., Jakšić, I., Ji, T., Jonaityte, I., Lewis, D. M. G., Li, N. P., McIntyre, J. C., Mukherjee, S. Park, J. H., Pawlowski, B., Pizarro, D., Prokop, P., Prodromitis, G. Rantala, M. J., Reynolds, M. J., Sandin, B., Sevi, B., Srinivasan, N., Tewari, S., Yong, J. C., Zezelj, I., & Tybur, J. M.