Further revision and psychometric properties of an Italian version of the «Disgust Scale-Revised»;Ulteriore revisione e proprietà psicometriche della versione italiana della «Disgust Scale-Revised»

Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-93

  Melli, Gabriele ^a   Chiorri, Carlo ^b   Smurra, Rosa ^a  

^a IPSICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Disgust propensity; Disgust scale; Disgust sensitivity; Fear of contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888588387     PISSN: 11261072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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