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Disgust and political attitudes

Guest Editors’ Introduction to the Special Issue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2020

Michael Bang Petersen ,
Joshua M. Tybur  and
Patrick A. Stewart
Michael Bang Petersen
Affiliation:
Aarhus University
Joshua M. Tybur
Affiliation:
VU Amsterdam
Patrick A. Stewart*
Affiliation:
University of Arkansas Fayetteville
*
Correspondence: Patrick A. Stewart, Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, 428 Old Main, Fayetteville, AR, 72701-4002. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

We introduce the Politics and the Life Sciences Special Issue on Disgust and Political Attitudes discussing the importance of understanding state and trait disgust, the innovative and transparent process by which registered reports and preregistered studies were chosen and funded, and the manuscripts that make up this special issue. This essay concludes by discussing future research directions in disgust and political attitudes, as well as the benefits of a transparent review process that avoids the “file drawer problem” of unpublished null findings.

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pre-analysis plans (PAP)preregistrationregistered report (RR)in principle acceptance (IPA)
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 39 , Special Issue 2: Special Issue: Disgust and Political Attitudes , Fall 2020 , pp. 129 - 134
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© Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 2020

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