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Bastian, B., Vauclair, C.- M., Loughnan, S., Bain, P., Ashokkumar, A., Becker, M....Swann, W. (2019). Explaining illness with evil: pathogen prevalence fosters moral vitalism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1914)

B. Bastian et al.,  "Explaining illness with evil: pathogen prevalence fosters moral vitalism", in Proc. of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 286, no. 1914, 2019

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	author = "Bastian, B. and Vauclair, C.- M. and Loughnan, S. and Bain, P. and Ashokkumar, A. and Becker, M. and Bilewicz, M. and Collier-Baker, E. and Crespo, C.  and Eastwickm, P. E. and Fischer, R. and Friese, M. and Gómez, A. and Valeschka,  M. Guerra and Guevara, J. L. C. and Hanke, K. and Hooper, N. and Huang, L.-L. and Junqi, S. and Karasawa, M. and Kuppens, P. and Leknes, S. and Peker, M. and Pelay, C. and Pina, A. and Sachkova, M. and Saguy, T. and Silfver-Kuhalam, M.pi and Sortheix, F. and Tong, J. and Yeung, V. W. - L. and Duffy, J. and Swann, W.",
	title = "Explaining illness with evil: pathogen prevalence fosters moral vitalism",
	journal = "Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences",
	year = "2019",
	volume = "286",
	number = "1914",
	doi = "10.1098/rspb.2019.1576",
	url = "https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rspb"
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Explaining illness with evil: pathogen prevalence fosters moral vitalism
T2  - Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
VL  - 286
IS  - 1914
AU  - Bastian, B.
AU  - Vauclair, C.- M.
AU  - Loughnan, S.
AU  - Bain, P.
AU  - Ashokkumar, A.
AU  - Becker, M.
AU  - Bilewicz, M.
AU  - Collier-Baker, E.
AU  - Crespo, C. 
AU  - Eastwickm, P. E.
AU  - Fischer, R.
AU  - Friese, M.
AU  - Gómez, A.
AU  - Valeschka,  M. Guerra
AU  - Guevara, J. L. C.
AU  - Hanke, K.
AU  - Hooper, N.
AU  - Huang, L.-L.
AU  - Junqi, S.
AU  - Karasawa, M.
AU  - Kuppens, P.
AU  - Leknes, S.
AU  - Peker, M.
AU  - Pelay, C.
AU  - Pina, A.
AU  - Sachkova, M.
AU  - Saguy, T.
AU  - Silfver-Kuhalam, M.pi
AU  - Sortheix, F.
AU  - Tong, J.
AU  - Yeung, V. W. - L.
AU  - Duffy, J.
AU  - Swann, W.
PY  - 2019
SN  - 0962-8452
DO  - 10.1098/rspb.2019.1576
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AB  - 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.
ER  -