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Explaining illness with evil: pathogen prevalence fosters moral vitalism.
Bastian, Brock; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Loughnan, Steve; Bain, Paul; Ashokkumar, Ashwini; Becker, Maja; Bilewicz, Michal; Collier-Baker, Emma; Crespo, Carla; Eastwick, Paul W; Fischer, Ronald; Friese, Malte; Gómez, Ángel; Guerra, Valeschka M; Guevara, José Luis Castellanos; Hanke, Katja; Hooper, Nic; Huang, Li-Li; Junqi, Shi; Karasawa, Minoru; Kuppens, Peter; Leknes, Siri; Peker, Müjde; Pelay, Cesar; Pina, Afroditi; Sachkova, Marianna; Saguy, Tamar; Silfver-Kuhalampi, Mia; Sortheix, Florencia; Tong, Jennifer; Yeung, Victoria Wai-Lan; Duffy, Jacob; Swann, William B.
Afiliação
  • Bastian B; Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Vauclair CM; Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
  • Loughnan S; School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Bain P; Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, UK.
  • Ashokkumar A; Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
  • Becker M; CLLE, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UT2J, Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France.
  • Bilewicz M; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland.
  • Collier-Baker E; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Crespo C; Forest, Nature and Environment Aceh, Banda Aceh City, Aceh, Indonesia.
  • Eastwick PW; Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
  • Fischer R; Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
  • Friese M; School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Gómez Á; Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany.
  • Guerra VM; Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, Spain.
  • Guevara JLC; Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil.
  • Hanke K; Cancún, Quintana Roo México, ConSol Consultancy, Mexico.
  • Hooper N; University of Applied Management Studies, Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.
  • Huang LL; Health and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
  • Junqi S; School of Economics and Management, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China.
  • Karasawa M; Lingnan College, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
  • Kuppens P; Department of Psychology, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
  • Leknes S; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.
  • Peker M; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
  • Pelay C; Department of Psychology, MEF University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Pina A; Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Distrito Capital, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
  • Sachkova M; School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
  • Saguy T; Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moskva, Russian Federation.
  • Silfver-Kuhalampi M; Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • Sortheix F; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Tong J; Swedish School of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Yeung VW; School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Duffy J; Department of Applied Psychology, Lingnan University, New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
  • Swann WB; Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Proc Biol Sci ; 286(1914): 20191576, 2019 11 06.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31662082
ABSTRACT
Pathogens represent a significant threat to human health leading to the emergence of strategies designed to help manage their negative impact. We examined how spiritual beliefs developed to explain and predict the devastating effects of pathogens and spread of infectious disease. Analysis of existing data in studies 1 and 2 suggests that moral vitalism (beliefs about spiritual forces of evil) is higher in geographical regions characterized by historical higher levels of pathogens. Furthermore, drawing on a sample of 3140 participants from 28 countries in study 3, we found that historical higher levels of pathogens were associated with stronger endorsement of moral vitalistic beliefs. Furthermore, endorsement of moral vitalistic beliefs statistically mediated the previously reported relationship between pathogen prevalence and conservative ideologies, suggesting these beliefs reinforce behavioural strategies which function to prevent infection. We conclude that moral vitalism may be adaptive by emphasizing concerns over contagion, it provided an explanatory model that enabled human groups to reduce rates of contagious disease.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vitalismo / Doenças Transmissíveis / Princípios Morais Tipo de estudo: Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vitalismo / Doenças Transmissíveis / Princípios Morais Tipo de estudo: Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article