Author/Authors :
Graham C.L. Davey، نويسنده , , Angus S. McDonald، نويسنده , , Uma Hirisave، نويسنده , , G.G. Prabhu، نويسنده , , Saburo Iwawaki، نويسنده , , Ching Im Jim، نويسنده , , Harald Merckelbach، نويسنده , , Peter J. de Jong، نويسنده , , Patrick W.L. Leung، نويسنده , , Bradley C. Reimann، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
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.
