Perceived threat of infectious disease and its implications for sexual attitudes |
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Authors: | Damian R Murray Daniel N JonesMark Schaller |
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Institution: | University of British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4 |
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Abstract: | A study (n = 411) investigated the relationship between chronic individual differences in germ aversion and sociosexual attitudes (short-term mating orientation, long-term mating orientation, and anticipated future sexual promiscuity), and also tested whether the magnitudes of these relations differ depending on the temporary perceptual salience of disease threat. Results revealed person-by-situation interactions. When the threat of disease was temporarily salient, germ aversion correlated negatively with short-term mating orientation and with future sexual promiscuity, and correlated positively with long-term mating orientation; these effects were either weaker or nonexistent under control conditions. These effects emerged most clearly among women. |
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Keywords: | Disease cognition Interpersonal attitudes Social cognition Individual differences |
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