A cross-cultural study of animal fears

被引：135
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作者：
Davey, GCL [1 ]
McDonald, AS
Hirisave, U
Prabhu, GG
Iwawaki, S
Jim, CI
Merckelbach, H
de Jong, PJ
Leung, PWL
Reimann, BC
机构：
[1] Univ Sussex, Sch Cognit & Comp Sci, Psychol Grp, Brighton BN1 9QH, E Sussex, England
[2] Natl Inst Mental Hlth & Neurosci, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India
[3] Showa Womens Univ, Tokyo, Japan
[4] Maastricht Univ, Maastricht, Netherlands
[5] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[6] Ctr Study & Treatment Anxiety Disorders, Oconomowoc, WI USA
来源：
BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY | 1998年 / 36卷 / 7-8期
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D O I：
10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00059-X
中图分类号：
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号：
040203 ;
摘要：
The present study represents a cross-cultural study of animal fears in which subjects from seven Western and Asian countries were asked to rate their fear of a range of familiar animals. Factor analyses of these ratings in all samples revealed a coherent three factor solution in which animals fell into a fear-irrelevant, fear-relevant (fierce) or disgust-relevant category. The core group of animals making up the disgust-relevant category were similar across cultures. Some views on how a universal disgust-relevant category of feared animals may have developed are discussed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：735 / 750
页数：16
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