DISGUST SENSITIVITY

Disgust Sensitivity



Disgust Sensitivity

ABSTRACT

The present study analyzed the component structure and psychometric properties of the Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Scale-Revised (DPSS-R) in a no clinical experiment (N = 340). Principal constituent's investigation of the DPSS-R disclosed a two-factor structure comprising of Disgust Propensity and Disgust Sensitivity.  Although the two-factor structure converged well with former study, four of the 16 DPSS-R pieces did not burden up on the forecast component (Arrindell 2009). The DPSS-R illustrated good reliability and validity. The DPSS-R and its two components were quite correlated with arachnid worry and contamination worry and mildly correlated with injection fear. The relative between the DPSS-R and these disquiet disorder symptoms stayed mostly intact after commanding for contradictory affect. Regression investigates furthermore disclosed that the two DPSS-R components illustrate specificity in the proposition of disquiet disorder symptoms. These outcomes are considered in periods of encouraging a more legitimate and dependable evaluation of disgust in disquiets disorders.

 

RESULTS

The signify DPSS-R total tally for the experiment was 35.03 (S.D. = 8.30, variety = 15-76). DPSS-R total tallies were mildly affiliated with age (r = 0.12, p < 0.05) and were considerably higher amidst women (M = 36.71, S.D. = 8.86) than amidst men (M = 32.70, S.D. = 7.27), t (305) = -4.25, p < 0.001. Given that the scale comprised of 16 pieces, the signify DPSS-R total tallies show that participants tended to show “Rarely” with considers to affirmation with the scale pieces (Davey 2006). Means and benchmark deviations for the DPSS-R pieces are offered in Table 1. Mean tallies on 15 out of 16 pieces were underneath 3.0 (i.e., “Sometimes” affirmation with the item), proposing that the content of most DPSS-R pieces was usually out-of-doors of the know-how of most no clinical participants. The DPSS-R total tally illustrated very good interior consistency (a = 0.90). Each of the 16 pieces evidenced agreeable ...