The role of the behavioural immune system on covid-19 lockdown attitudes: The relationship with authoritarianism and collectivism.
Femke van DiepenbeekSharon E KesslerPublished in: Evolution, medicine, and public health (2023)
Support for lockdown restrictions and enforcement was mainly associated with covid worry. Our findings do not support the parasite stress theory of social values and indicate that the BIS manifested in a more direct way, and not through social values.