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Germ Aversion

Germ Aversion is a psychological construct within the domain of disease avoidance that denotes an individual's heightened emotional and behavioral sensitivity to cues associated with pathogen exposure, distinguishing it from broader disease-avoidance mechanisms by its specific focus on aversive reactions to microorganisms and their perceived carriers.

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108

Authors

59

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2017–2026

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Behavioral immune system linked to responses to the threat of COVID-19

Anastasia Makhanova, Melissa A. Shepherd · Personality and Individual Differences · 2020 · 186 citations · Full text

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Evaluation of the English Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and Its Relationship with Behavior Change and Political Beliefs

Taylor Winter, Benjamin C. Riordan, Amir H. Pakpour et al. · International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction · 2020 · 173 citations · Full text

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Disease avoidance in the time of COVID-19: The behavioral immune system is associated with concern and preventative health behaviors

Natalie J. Shook, Barış Sevi, Jerin Lee et al. · PLoS ONE · 2020 · 157 citations · Full text

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Immunizing Against Prejudice

Julie Y. Huang, Alexandra Sedlovskaya, Joshua M. Ackerman et al. · Psychological Science · 2011 · 152 citations · Full text

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Perceived vulnerability to disease, knowledge about COVID-19, and changes in preventive behavior during lockdown in a German convenience sample

Ulrich Stangier, Schahryar Kananian, Johanna Schüller · Current Psychology · 2021 · 89 citations · Full text

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Authors

108

  1. AM
    Anastasia Makhanova

    Florida State University, United States

    3 publications · 275 citations

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  2. NJ
    Natalie J. Shook

    West Virginia University, United States

    3 publications · 211 citations

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  3. CS
    Christian Staerklé

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    2 publications · 131 citations

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  4. BO
    Brian O’Shea

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 publications · 104 citations

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  5. TB
    Tyrone B. Pretorius

    University of the Western Cape, South Africa

    1 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

59

  1. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    159 citations

  2. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

    Fayetteville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    216 citations

  3. University of Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    709 citations

  4. University of Montevallo

    Montevallo, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    199 citations

  5. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    104 citations

  6. Universidad de Granada

    Granada, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    124 citations

  7. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    708 citations

  8. Fukuyama University

    Fukuyama, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

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Venues

  1. Frontiers in Psychology

    4 publications · 173 citations

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  2. The Japanese journal of psychology

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  4. Personality and Individual Differences

    2 publications · 215 citations

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  5. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

    IJMA · 1 publications · 173 citations

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