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Political Attitudes and Disease Threat: Regional Pathogen Stress Is Associated With Conservative Ideology Only for Older Individuals

Content Provider	SAGE Publishing
Author	Gordon D. A. Brown Walasek, Lukasz Mullett, Timothy L. Quispe-Torreblanca, Edika G. Fincher, Corey L. Kosinski, Michal Stillwell, David
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	What environmental factors are associated with individual differences in political ideology, and do such associations change over time? We examine whether reductions in pathogen prevalence in U.S. states over the past 60 years are associated with reduced associations between parasite stress and conservatism. We report a positive association between infection levels and conservative ideology in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. However, this correlation reduces from the 1980s onwards. These results suggest that the ecological influence of infectious diseases may be larger for older people who grew up (or whose parents grew up) during earlier time periods. We test this hypothesis by analyzing the political affiliation of 45,000 Facebook users, and find a positive association between self-reported political affiliation and regional pathogen stress for older (>40 years) but not younger individuals. It is concluded that the influence of environmental pathogen stress on ideology may have reduced over time.
Related Links	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/01461672231183199?download=true
ISSN	01461672
Journal	Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSP)
e-ISSN	15527433
DOI	10.1177/01461672231183199
Language	English
Publisher	Sage Publications CA
Publisher Date	2023-07-10
Publisher Place	Los Angeles
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	© 2023 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc
Subject Keyword	ideology pathogen stress infection conservatism
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Psychology

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