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Katzir, Maayan ORCID: 0000-0002-0498-9093, Hoffmann, Matan and Liberman, Nira (2019). Disgust as an Essentialist Emotion That Signals Nonviolent Outgrouping With Potentially Low Social Costs. Emotion, 19 (5). S. 841 - 863. WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC. ISSN 1931-1516

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Abstract

When a person states that s/he is disgusted by an outgroup, what can we conclude about his/her attitudes, beliefs, and character? Based on an analysis of physical disgust, we predicted that expressing disgust toward a social group would convey a belief that this group possesses a negative essence; namely, that it has a biological basis, and clear boundaries, and that its members share immutable, inherent characteristics. Because being disgusting violates the moral foundation of purity, we also predicted that expressing disgust toward a social group would convey moral condemnation of that group. In three studies, we found that an expression of disgust (vs. anger, hate) toward homosexuals (Studies 1 and 3) and Arabs (Study 2) was perceived as conveying a negative and essentializing attitude toward that group and a perception of this group as impure and immoral. Expressions of disgust conveyed a more avoidant yet less violent and a less prejudiced (and therefore more legitimate) attitude than expressions of hate. Similar results were obtained in Study 4, in which beliefs were expressed toward unidentified social groups and participants had to indicate which emotions accompany that belief.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Katzir, Maayan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0498-9093 UNSPECIFIED Hoffmann, Matan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Liberman, Nira UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-145899
DOI:	10.1037/emo0000480
Journal or Publication Title:	Emotion
Volume:	19
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 841 - 863
Date:	2019
Publisher:	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	1931-1516
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MORAL DISGUST; CHILDRENS BELIEFS; BAD TASTE; ANGER; SENSITIVITY; CONSERVATISM; CULTURE Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14589