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A cross-cultural study of animal fears

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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:56 authored by Graham C L Davey, Angus S McDonald, Uma Hirisave, G G Prabhu, Saburo Iwawaki, Ching Im Jim, Harald Merckelbach, Peter J de Jong, Patrick W L Leung, Bradley C Reimann
The present study represents a cross-cultural study of animal fears in which subjects from seven Western and Asian countries were asked to rate their fear of a range of familiar animals. Factor analyses of these ratings in all samples revealed a coherent three factor solution in which animals fell into a fear-irrelevant, fear-relevant (fierce) or disgust-relevant category. The core group of animals making up the disgust-relevant category were similar across cultures. Some views on how a universal disgust-relevant category of feared animals may have developed are discussed.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Behaviour Research and Therapy

ISSN

0005-7967

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

7-8

Volume

36

Page range

735-750

ISBN

0005-7967

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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