Individual Differences in Disgust Sensitivity: Comparisons and Evaluations of Paper-and-Pencil versus Behavioral Measures

@article{Rozin1999IndividualDI,
  title={Individual Differences in Disgust Sensitivity: Comparisons and Evaluations of Paper-and-Pencil versus Behavioral Measures},
  author={Paul Rozin and Jonathan Haidt and Clark McCauley and Lance R Dunlop and Michelle Ashmore},
  journal={Journal of Research in Personality},
  year={1999},
  volume={33},
  pages={330-351}
}
Abstract Sixty-eight undergraduate students experienced 32 hands-on tasks designed to provide a behavioral validation for the paper-and-pencil Disgust Scale, which the students had completed 2 months before. Tasks assessed participant-determined degree of exposure (looking at, picking up, touching, and in some cases eating) to objects such as a cockroach, cremated ashes, and a freshly killed pig's head and to disgusting video clips (seconds watching). These tasks elicited strong negative affect… 
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