Disgust and mating strategy

dc.citation.epage205en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.spage199en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber36en_US
dc.contributor.authorAl-Shawaf, L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLewis, D. M. G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBuss, D. M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:07:32Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:07:32Z
dc.date.issued2015-05en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.description.abstractAn evolutionary task analysis predicts a connection between disgust and human mating, two important but currently disconnected areas of psychology. Because short-term mating strategies involve sex with multiple partners after brief temporal durations, such a strategy should be difficult to pursue in conjunction with high levels of sexual disgust. On this basis, we hypothesized that individuals with a stronger proclivity for short-term mating would exhibit dispositionally lower levels of sexual disgust. Two independent studies provided strong support for this hypothesis: among both men and women, an orientation toward short-term mating was associated with reduced levels of sexual disgust, but not with suppressed moral or pathogen disgust. Our discussion highlights an unexpected finding and suggests important questions for future research.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.11.003en_US
dc.identifier.issn1090-5138
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/22992en_US
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.11.003en_US
dc.source.titleEvolution and Human Behavioren_US
dc.subjectDisgusten_US
dc.subjectHuman matingen_US
dc.subjectMating strategiesen_US
dc.subjectPhysical attractivenessen_US
dc.subjectSexual behavioren_US
dc.subjectSOIen_US
dc.titleDisgust and mating strategyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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