The role of disgust emotions in the observer response to facial disfigurement

Body Image

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-461

  Shanmugarajah, Kumaran ^a   Gaind, Safina ^a   Clarke, Alex ^a   Butler, Peter E M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disgust; Disgust sensitivity; Facial disfigurement; Observer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FACE INJURY; FACE TUMOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCAR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENT; SURGICAL FLAPS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CICATRIX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866862548     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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