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Women amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Self-protection through the behavioral immune system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2022

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Alfonso Troisi*
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Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy alfonso.troisi@uniroma2.ithttp://medschool.uniroma2.it/2016/05/31/alfonso-troisi/
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Abstract

Studies of the activation of the behavioral immune system triggered by the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic have demonstrated that evolutionary explanations of individual differences in self-protection should not be based only on parental investment and sexual selection theory. An evolutionary model must also incorporate individual differences that arise within each sex as a result of life history strategies and attachment patterns.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e148
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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