Ruisch, Benjam C, Boggs, Shelby T, Moore, Courtney A, Granados Samayoa, Javier A, Ladanyi, Jesse T, Steinert, Steffen, Fazio, Russell H (2022) Investigating the conservatism-disgust paradox in reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic: A reexamination of the interrelations among political ideology, disgust sensitivity, and pandemic response. PLoS ONE, 17 (11). Article Number e0275440. ISSN 1932-6203. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0275440) (KAR id:98130)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275440 |
Abstract
Research has documented robust associations between greater disgust sensitivity and (1) concerns about disease, and (2) political conservatism. However, the COVID-19 disease pandemic raised challenging questions about these associations. In particular, why have conservatives-despite their greater disgust sensitivity-exhibited less concern about the pandemic? Here, we investigate this "conservatism-disgust paradox" and address several outstanding theoretical questions regarding the interrelations among disgust sensitivity, ideology, and pandemic response. In four studies (N = 1,764), we identify several methodological and conceptual factors-in particular, an overreliance on self-report measures-that may have inflated the apparent associations among these constructs. Using non-self-report measures, we find evidence that disgust sensitivity may be a less potent predictor of disease avoidance than is typically assumed, and that ideological differences in disgust sensitivity may be amplified by self-report measures. These findings suggest that the true pattern of interrelations among these factors may be less "paradoxical" than is typically believed.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0275440 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | COVID-19 - epidemiology, Pandemics, Politics, Disgust, Humans |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Funders: | National Science Foundation (https://ror.org/021nxhr62) |
SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2022 08:59 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2022 16:04 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/98130 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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