Pathogens, personality, and culture: disease prevalence predicts worldwide variability in sociosexuality, extraversion, and openness to experience.

Journal of personality and social psychology • Vol/Iss. 95(1) • American Psychological Association • • Published In • Pages: 212-221 •
By Schaller, Mark, Murray, Damian R.

Hypothesis

Pathogen prevalence will be negatively associated with the personality trait of 'openness' (214).

Note

R ranges across 5 different measures of 'openness'.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson's rSupportedp < 0.05r = -0.24 to -0.59UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
OpennessDependentPersonality Traits
Pathogen PrevalenceIndependentMorbidity