Dark and dirty: How mate preferences are a function of the interaction of dark personality traits and pathogen salience

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DC Faculty Research & Scholarship
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conferences
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English
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Author (aut): Dane, Laura K.
Author (aut): Jonason, Peter
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2017
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Presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference (SPSPC), San Antonio, Texas.

Across three studies (N = 805), when disease salience is primed, only individuals low in Dark Triad traits report decreased interest in short-term mating. Women (and some men) higher in these traits worry less about and feel it is important to communicate about obtaining STI’s and report using condoms less.
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Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference (SPSPC)
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http://spsp.org/sites/default/files/PrintedProgram2017.pdf?_ga=2.249851392.7203…
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© 2017. Authors.
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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Pathogens
Social psychology
Personality
Personality disorders
Sexual behavior
Communication in sex
STIs (Sexually transmitted infections)
Condom use

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Dane, Laura K., and Peter Jonason. “Dark and dirty: How mate preferences are a function of the interaction of dark personality traits and pathogen salience”. Conferences. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference (SPSPC). DC Faculty Research & Scholarship. https://dc.arcabc.ca/dc-faculty-research-scholarship/dark-and-dirty-how-mate-preferences-are-function-interaction-dark.

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