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Confirming the three-factor structure of the Disgust Scale-Revised in eight countries

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Author

  • Bunmi O. Olatunji
  • Melanie W. Moretz
  • Dean Mckay
  • Fredrik Björklund
  • Peter J. de Jong
  • Jonathan Haidt
  • Timo J. Hursti
  • Sumio Imada
  • Silvia Koller
  • Francesco Mancini
  • Andrew C. Page
  • Anne Schienle
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Summary, in English

The current study evaluates the factor structure of the Disgust Scale-Revised (DS-R) in eight countries: Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States (N = 2,606). Confirmatory factor analysis is used to compare two different models of the DS-R and to investigate the invariance of the factor structure of the DS-R across countries and gender. A three-factor solution consisting of three different but interrelated disgust factors (a 12-item core disgust factor, an 8-item animal-reminder disgust factor, and a 5-item contamination disgust factor) best accounted for the data in all countries except the Netherlands. Relative to the United States, the three-factor solution is invariant in Australia, Brazil, and Japan but not in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Sweden. The three-factor solution is also invariant across gender in most countries. The implications of these cross-cultural findings for promoting a more valid and reliable assessment of disgust dimensions, as assessed by the DS-R, are discussed.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

234-255

Publication/Series

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volume

40

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Psychology

Keywords

  • structure
  • factor
  • cross-culture
  • Disgust Scale-Revived
  • disgust sensitivity

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1552-5422