Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 270-282 , July 2006

Disease avoidance and ethnocentrism: the effects of disease vulnerability and disgust sensitivity on intergroup attitudes

  • Carlos David Navarrete

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA
    • UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, Harvard University 962 William James Hall, 33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
    • ,
  • Daniel M.T. Fessler

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA
    • Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA

Received 7 September 2005 ,Accepted 27 December 2005.

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PII: S1090-5138(06)00002-X

doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.12.001

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 270-282 , July 2006

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