title: Intra-regional assortative sociality may be better explained by social network dynamics rather than pathogen risk avoidance.
abstract: Fincher & Thornhill's (F&T's) model is not entirely supported by common patterns of affect behaviors among people who live under varying climatic conditions and among people who endorse varying levels of (Western) religiosity and conservative political ideals. The authors' model is also unable to account for intra-regional heterogeneity in assortative sociality, which, we argue, can be better explained by a framework that emphasizes the differential expression of fundamental social cues for maintaining distinct social network structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161, USA. vigilJ@unm.edu
authors.forename: Jacob M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vigil
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coulombe
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