Protective but Costly: The Impact of Behavioral Immune System Reactivity on Mental Health.

Ivana Hromatko, Una Mikac, Anita Lauri Korajlija, Nataša Jokić-Begić, Tanja Jurin, Meri Tadinac

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ivana HromatkoDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-3837-1929

Una MikacDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-9369-6462

Anita Lauri KorajlijaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-8561-9870

Nataša Jokić-BegićDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

Tanja JurinDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

Meri TadinacDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-3770-9000

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Abstract

The behavioral immune system (BIS) refers to a set of evolved psychological mechanisms designed to detect cues of potential pathogen threat and trigger self-protective, avoidant behaviors. However, like all adaptations, the BIS carries potential costs alongside its benefits. This study aimed to examine the impact of BIS-related processes on mental health outcomes-including depression, anxiety, stress, and obsessive-compulsive symptomatology-during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected online at two time points: the onset of the pandemic (May 2020;

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COVID-19Mental HealthAdultAnxietyDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsQuality of LifeSARS-CoV-2Stress, PsychologicalYoung Adultanxietybehavioral immune systemcostly adaptationsCOVID-19 pandemicdepressionOC symptomsstress

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PMID40566325

DOI10.3390/ijerph22060900

PMCPMC12193244

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