title: Climato-economic livability predicts societal collectivism and political autocracy better than parasitic stress does.
abstract: A 121-nation study of societal collectivism and a 174-nation study of political autocracy show that parasitic stress does not account for any variation in these components of culture once the interactive impacts of climatic demands and income resources have been accounted for. Climato-economic livability is a viable rival explanation for the reported effects of parasitic stress on culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, 9712 TS Groningen, The Netherlands. E.Van.de.Vliert@rug.nl
authors.forename: Evert
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van de Vliert
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Postmes
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D006801:Humans; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012919:Social Behavior; D013315:Stress, Psychological