Le Petit Machiavellian Prince. Effects of Latent Toxoplasmosis on Political Beliefs and Values
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985955%3A_____%2F22%3A00560064" target="_blank" >RIV/67985955:_____/22:00560064 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/22:10449650
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/14747049221112657" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1177/14747049221112657</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14747049221112657" target="_blank" >10.1177/14747049221112657</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Le Petit Machiavellian Prince. Effects of Latent Toxoplasmosis on Political Beliefs and Values
Original language description
Humans infected by Toxoplasma gondií express no specific symptoms but manifest higher incidence of many diseases, disorders and differences in personality and behavior. The aim of this study was to compare the political beliefs and values of Toxoplasma-infected and Toxoplasma-free participants. We measured beliefs and values of 2315 responders via an online survey (477 Toxoplasma-infected) using the Political Beliefs and Values Inventory (PI34). This study showed Toxoplasma-infected and Toxoplasma-free participants of our cross-sectional study differed in three of four factors of PI34, scoring higher in Tribalism and lower in Cultural liberalism and Anti-Authoritarianism. We found sex differences in political beliefs associated with Toxoplasma infection. Infected women scored higher in tribalism and lower in cultural liberalism, compared with the Toxoplasma-free control group, while infected men scored higher in economic equity. These results fit with sexual differences in behavior and attitude observed after toxoplasmosis infection. Controlling for the effect of worse physical health and mental health had little impact, suggesting that impaired health did not cause these changes. Rather than adaptation to prevalence of parasites, as suggested by parasite-stress theory, the differences might be side-effects of long-term mild inflammatory reaction. However, to get clear picture of the mild inflammation effects, more research focused on different infectious diseases is needed.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-31059S" target="_blank" >GA21-31059S: The bounds of religious cognition: Study of cognitive and cultural factors in Czech and Polish societies</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Evolutionary Psychology
ISSN
1474-7049
e-ISSN
1474-7049
Volume of the periodical
20
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
14747049221112657
UT code for WoS article
000835657700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85135419271