Differential relationships of disgust propensity and disgust sensitivity with emetophobic symptomatology
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Previous studies reported positive associations between higher emetophobic symptomatology (fear of vomiting) and both disgust propensity (individual differences in how easily disgust is elicited) and disgust sensitivity (individual differences in how negative the experience of disgust is evaluated). In the current study, 233 participants (76% female) completed the Specific Phobia of Vomiting Inventory, the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Disgust Propensity–Brief, and the Scale for the Assessment of Disgust Sensitivity. Higher emetophobic symptomatology related to higher disgust sensitivity (rrb = 0.37, p < .001) but not to disgust propensity (rrb = 0.06, p = .368). Findings imply that exposure therapy in persons with emetophobia should primarily target reducing disgust sensitivity, that is, how the experience of disgust is evaluated, not reducing the experience of disgust itself.
