ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

Types of Disgust Sensitivity Are Differently Associated with Sexual Strategies, Mate Preference, and Perceived Sexual Norms

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Yikang Zhang
    Maastricht University
  • Qian Sun
    Suzhou University of Science and Technology
  • Guangju Wen
    East China Normal University
  • Pekka Santtila
    New York Unversity Shanghai

Abstract

Through three studies (China and the Netherlands), we found that types of disgust play a role in specific aspects of mating psychology. Moreover, we found that disgust is also related to perceived sexual norms, connecting evolutionary and social psychology and offering a more integrative view of this line of research.

Sexuality/Sexual Behavior