Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
This study proposes a new measure of disgust sensitivity, specifically in four domains: core, animal-reminder, contamination-based, and moral-sexual disgust. The measure will be called the Disgust Sensitivity Scale (DSS). Previous measures have not been successful in showing an association between the moral-sexual disgust domain and overall disgust sensitivity. One of the suggested reasons is that moral and sexual transgressions often elicit a combination of anger and disgust rather than disgust alone. Thus, the current study attempts to measure moral-sexual disgust by designing test items that specifically target disgust as the elicited emotion. As the Disgust Scale – Revised (DS–R) is the most notable measure of disgust sensitivity, it will be used to assess convergent validity for the proposed scale. Since the current study aims to rule out anger to measure disgust separately, the Novaco Anger Scale – Provocation Inventory (NAS–PI) will be used to examine discriminant validity. 100 undergrade students will be recruited to complete the DSS, the DS–R, and the NAS–PI online. We expect to see a high reliability with the DSS, a strong and positive correlation between the DSS and the DS–R, and little to no correlation between the DSS and the NAS–PI. Finally, we suggest that the proposed measure will be a useful tool in vocational counseling. For example, individuals who score high on the scale should not choose careers in which exposure to disgusting stimuli is part of the job on a regular basis (e.g., dermatology, nursing, dental care).
Date
10-24-2020
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
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License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The Disgust Sensitivity Scale
This study proposes a new measure of disgust sensitivity, specifically in four domains: core, animal-reminder, contamination-based, and moral-sexual disgust. The measure will be called the Disgust Sensitivity Scale (DSS). Previous measures have not been successful in showing an association between the moral-sexual disgust domain and overall disgust sensitivity. One of the suggested reasons is that moral and sexual transgressions often elicit a combination of anger and disgust rather than disgust alone. Thus, the current study attempts to measure moral-sexual disgust by designing test items that specifically target disgust as the elicited emotion. As the Disgust Scale – Revised (DS–R) is the most notable measure of disgust sensitivity, it will be used to assess convergent validity for the proposed scale. Since the current study aims to rule out anger to measure disgust separately, the Novaco Anger Scale – Provocation Inventory (NAS–PI) will be used to examine discriminant validity. 100 undergrade students will be recruited to complete the DSS, the DS–R, and the NAS–PI online. We expect to see a high reliability with the DSS, a strong and positive correlation between the DSS and the DS–R, and little to no correlation between the DSS and the NAS–PI. Finally, we suggest that the proposed measure will be a useful tool in vocational counseling. For example, individuals who score high on the scale should not choose careers in which exposure to disgusting stimuli is part of the job on a regular basis (e.g., dermatology, nursing, dental care).
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology