Pathogens and politics: further evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritarianism

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By Murray, Damian R., Schaller, Mark, Suedfeld, Peter

Abstract

This article employs cross-national and cross-cultural methods to investigate whether pathogen stress is a direct determinant of authoritarianism. The study controls on other factors such as famine, warfare, and malnutrition and evaluates alternative causal models.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Standard Cross Cultural Sample (SCCS)	Other Researchers
Other	Other Researchers	31 countries with available data on primary variables

Hypotheses (3)
Hypothesis	Supported
Pathogen stress will independently predict authoritarian governance when controlling for malnutrition, famine, and warfare in the cross-cultural sample (5).	Supported
When tested individually, each of the twelve variables included in the composite "authoritarian governance" variable in the cross-cultural sample will be predicted by pathogen prevalence (5).	Partially supported
Individuals' inclination towards authoritarian personality will be predicted by pathogen prevalence in the home country (3-4).	Supported

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Pathogens and politics: further evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritarianism

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By Murray, Damian R., Schaller, Mark, Suedfeld, Peter

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