Disgust, fear, and the anxiety disorders: A critical review

JM Cisler, BO Olatunji, JM Lohr - Clinical psychology review, 2009 - Elsevier
Anxiety disorders have traditionally been conceptualized as reflecting the emotions of fear
and anxiety. A developing program of research demonstrates a relation between disgust …

Is disgust proneness associated with anxiety and related disorders? A qualitative review and meta-analysis of group comparison and correlational studies

BO Olatunji, T Armstrong… - … on Psychological Science, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Research suggests that disgust may be linked to the etiology of some anxiety-related
disorders. The present investigation reviews this literature and employs separate meta …

Misophonia: Phenomenology, comorbidity and demographics in a large sample

I Jager, P de Koning, T Bost, D Denys, N Vulink - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objective Analyze a large sample with detailed clinical data of misophonia subjects in order
to determine the psychiatric, somatic and psychological nature of the condition. Methods …

Anxiety regarding contracting COVID-19 related to interoceptive anxiety sensations: The moderating role of disgust propensity and sensitivity

D McKay, H Yang, J Elhai, GJG Asmundson - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 public health crisis has led to extensive recommendations by officials to
contain its spread. Anxiety regarding contracting the virus is prominent in the public. Specific …

Development and validation of the Food Disgust Scale

C Hartmann, M Siegrist - Food Quality and Preference, 2018 - Elsevier
The function of disgust as a pathogen avoidance promoter in the food domain is not well
understood. One problem is that no food-specific disgust scale is available. Thus, we …

Is disgust associated with psychopathology? Emerging research in the anxiety disorders

BO Olatunji, J Cisler, D McKay, ML Phillips - Psychiatry research, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent evidence indicates that the propensity towards experiencing disgust may contribute
to the development and maintenance of some anxiety disorders. This paper summarizes the …

Disgust sensitivity, obesity stigma, and gender: Contamination psychology predicts weight bias for women, not men

DL Lieberman, JM Tybur, JD Latner - Obesity, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research has established a link between disgust sensitivity and stigmatizing
reactions to various groups, including obese individuals. However, previous research has …

Effects of COVID-19 lockdown on university students' anxiety disorder in Italy

G Busetta, MG Campolo, F Fiorillo, L Pagani… - Genus, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of specific population sections,
with regards to economic and work conditions, mental and physical well-being, and context …

Disgust as a mechanism for decision making under risk: Illuminating sex differences and individual risk-taking correlates of disgust propensity.

AM Sparks, DMT Fessler, KQ Chan, A Ashokkumar… - Emotion, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
The emotion disgust motivates costly behavioral strategies that mitigate against potentially
larger costs associated with pathogens, sexual behavior, and moral transgressions …

Disgust, mental contamination, and posttraumatic stress: Unique relations following sexual versus non-sexual assault

CL Badour, MT Feldner, KA Babson… - Journal of anxiety …, 2013 - Elsevier
Disgust and mental contamination (or feelings of dirtiness and urges to wash in the absence
of a physical contaminant) are increasingly being linked to traumatic event exposure and …