Fisher, C. I., Fincher, C. L., Hahn, A. C. , Debruine, L. M. and Jones, B. C. (2013) Individual differences in pathogen disgust predict men’s, but not women’s, preferences for facial cues of weight. Personality and Individual Differences, 55(7), pp. 860-863. (doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.015)
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Abstract
Previous research suggests that people who score higher on measures of pathogen disgust demonstrate (1) stronger preferences for healthy individuals when assessing their facial attractiveness and (2) stronger negative attitudes about obese individuals. The relationship between pathogen disgust and attractiveness judgments of faces differing in cues of weight has yet to be investigated, however. Here we found that men’s, but not women’s, pathogen disgust was positively correlated with their preference for facial cues of lower weight. Moreover, this effect of pathogen disgust was independent of the possible effects of moral and sexual disgust. These data implicate pathogen disgust in individual differences in preferences for facial cues of weight, at least among men, and suggest that the sex-specific effects of pathogen disgust on preferences for facial cues of weight may be different to those previously reported for general negative attitudes about obese individuals.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Hahn, Dr Amanda and DeBruine, Professor Lisa and Jones, Professor Benedict and Fincher, Dr Corey and Fisher, Dr Claire |
| Authors: | Fisher, C. I., Fincher, C. L., Hahn, A. C., Debruine, L. M., and Jones, B. C. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience |
| Journal Name: | Personality and Individual Differences |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| ISSN: | 0191-8869 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1873-3549 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2013 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Personality and Individual Differences 55(7):860-863 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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