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Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

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01-06-2009

Disgust Sensitivity and Psychopathological Symptoms: Distinctions from Harm Avoidance

Auteurs: Bunmi O. Olatunji, Zsolt S. Unoka, Eszter Beran, Bieke David, Tom Armstrong

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | Uitgave 2/2009

Abstract

The present study examined the relationship between disgust sensitivity and symptoms of somatization, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, anger/hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism in a community sample. Participants (n = 121) completed the Disgust Scale-2, the Symptom Checklist-90, and the harm avoidance subscale of the Temperament and Character Inventory. Disgust sensitivity was found to be correlated with a broad range of psychopathological symptoms. However, results also indicated that these correlations were partially mediated by harm avoidance. That is, when controlling for levels of harm avoidance, the association between disgust sensitivity and psychopathological symptoms was either substantially reduced or became nonsignificant. These findings suggest that the tendency towards behavioral inhibition to avoid punishment and non-reward may partially account for the association between disgust sensitivity and a broad range of psychopathological symptoms.

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Although clinical norms on the SCL-90 do vary, Lundqvist et al. (2008) report the following for an outpatient sample: Somatization = 1.62 (0.80), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder = 1.62 (0.80), Interpersonal Sensitivity = 1.77 (0.92), Depression = 2.15 (0.86), Anxiety = 1.68 (0.89), Hostility = 1.16 (0.81), Phobic Anxiety = 1.05 (1.04), Paranoid Ideation = 1.53 (0.87) and Psychoticism = 1.20 (0.78).

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Titel: Disgust Sensitivity and Psychopathological Symptoms: Distinctions from Harm Avoidance
Auteurs: Bunmi O. Olatunji
Zsolt S. Unoka
Eszter Beran
Bieke David
Tom Armstrong
Publicatiedatum: 01-06-2009
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment / Uitgave 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0882-2689
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3505
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-008-9096-y

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