Pathogens and politics: further evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritarianism

Individuals' inclination towards authoritarian personality will be predicted by pathogen prevalence in the home country (3-4).

Only pathogen prevalence had a significant effect on authoritarianism.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Regression	Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	No Info

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Education Index	Independent	Education System
Gdp Per Capita	Independent	Production And Supply
Life Expectancy (residual)	Independent	Mortality
Mean Authoritarianism (personality)	Dependent	Personality Traits
Pathogen Prevalence	Independent	Morbidity
Wealth Inequality (gini)	Independent	Social Stratification

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Schaller, Mark	2008	Pathogen prevalence will be negatively associated with the personality trait of extraversion (214).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schaller, Mark	2008	Pathogen prevalence will be negatively associated with the personality trait of 'openness' (214).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schaller, Mark	2008	Disease prevalence will be negatively associated with an unrestricted sociosexual style (214).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gangestad, Steven W.	1993	Ratings of the importance of attractiveness as a criterion of mate choice will be related to pathogen prevalence across cultures (90).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murray, Damian R.	2011	Pathogen prevalence will be positively associated with conformity effect size (321).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author