A Taxometric Study of the Latent Structure of Disgust Sensitivity: Converging Evidence for Dimensionality

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-448

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Broman Fulks, Joshua J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dimensional; Disgust Emotion Scale; Disgust Scale; disgust sensitivity; taxometric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DEATH; DISGUST SENSITIVITY; DISGUST SENSITIVITY SCALE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODOR; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE; CUES; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 38349181821     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.19.4.437     Document Type: Article

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