The Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Scale - Revised: Its predictive value for avoidance behavior

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 706-711

  van Overveld, Mark ^a   Jong, Peter J de ^b   Peters, Madelon L ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral experiments; Behavioral validation; Disgust propensity; Disgust sensitivity; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955925356     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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