Disgust in anorexia nervosa: Testing a theoretical model connecting negative body image to disgust propensity, disgust sensitivity, and self-disgust [PDF]
PLoS ONEConsistent with the view that disgust is involved in the persistence of eating disorder symptomatology, it has been found that disgust propensity is related to a negative body image.
Fleur Boonstra +3 more
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Pandemic elevates sensitivity to moral disgust but not pathogen disgust
Scientific Reports, 2023 The behavioral immune system, with disgust as its motivational part, serves as the first line of defense in organisms’ protection against pathogens. Laboratory studies indicate that disgust sensitivity adaptively adjusts to simulated environmental threat,
Dagmar Schwambergová +4 more
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Negative body image: Relationships with heightened disgust propensity, disgust sensitivity, and self-directed disgust. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Consistent with the view that disgust might be involved in persistent body dissatisfaction, there is preliminary evidence showing a positive correlation between measures of negative body image and indices of both trait disgust and self-directed disgust ...
Paula von Spreckelsen +4 more
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Disgust sensitivity and psychopathic behavior: A narrative review [PDF]
Translational NeuroscienceHumans live under constant threat from pathogenic microorganisms and minimizing such threat has been a major evolutionary selective force in shaping human behavior and health. A particular adaptive mechanism against the harm caused by parasites and their
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The relationship between disgust sensitivity, anxiety and obsessions [PDF]
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2003 Three hundred participants, including volunteers from an obsessional support group, filled in questionnaires relating to disgust sensitivity, health anxiety, anxiety, fear of death, fear of contamination and obsessionality as part of an investigation into the involvement of disgust sensitivity in types of obsessions.
Thorpe SJ, Patel SP, Simonds LM
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Maggots, Mucous and Monkey Meat: Does Disgust Sensitivity Affect Case Mix Seen During Residency? [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019 Introduction: Emergency physicians encounter scenarios daily that many would consider “disgusting,” including exposure to blood, pus, and stool.
Benjamin H. Schnapp +5 more
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Disgust Sensitivity, Political Conservatism, and Voting
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2011 In two large samples (combined N = 31,045), we found a positive relationship between disgust sensitivity and political conservatism. This relationship held when controlling for a number of demographic variables as well as the “Big Five” personality traits.
Inbar, Y. +3 more
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The Association Between Disgust Sensitivity and Negative Attitudes Toward Homosexuality: The Mediating Role of Moral Foundations [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Previous studies have found that “disgust-sensitive” individuals have negative attitudes toward gay and lesbian people, but the underlying mechanisms for such attitudes remain unclear. Based on moral foundations theory, the current paper assumes that the
Ruile Wang +4 more
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Measurement and Theory in Disgust Sensitivity
, 2018 This chapter covers the 20+ year history of disgust sensitivity research by summarizing and contrasting different disgust sensitivity instruments and discussing how these instruments are used and interpreted.
Karinen , Annika, Tybur , Joshua
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The relation between disgust sensitivity and risk-taking propensity: A domain specific approach [PDF]
Judgment and Decision Making, 2021 Disgust is a cross-culturally recognized emotion that is characterized by avoidant or cautious tendencies. Accordingly, greater sensitivity to disgust may be related to less willingness to take risks.
Barış Sevi, Natalie J. Shook
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