A cross-cultural study of animal fears

A cross-cultural study of animal fears

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 i...

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Published in:Behaviour research and therapy Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 735 - 750
Main Authors: Davey, Graham C.L., McDonald, Angus S., Hirisave, Uma, Prabhu, G.G., Iwawaki, Saburo, Jim, Ching Im, Merckelbach, Harald, de Jong, Peter J., Leung, Patrick W.L., C. Reimann, Bradley
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-07-1998
Elsevier Science
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Animal Population Groups
Animals
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Cohort Studies
Cross cultural studies
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Europe
Far East
Fear
Fear & phobias
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medical sciences
Phobia
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
United States
Asia
United States
North America
Europe
America
Far East
Social environment
Human
Crosscultural study
Phobia
Etiology
Anxiety disorder
Mental health
Epidemiology
Public health
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:0005-7967
1873-622X
DOI:10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00059-X