Disgust and spider phobia

Twenty-four women with spider phobia and 45 nonphobic women completed the Disgust Questionnaire (DQ; P. Rozin, A. E. Fallon, & R. Mandell, 1984) and the Spider Phobia Questionnaire (SPQ; R. Klorman, T. C. Weerts, J. E. Hastings, B. G. Melamed, & P. J. Lang, 1974). Participants also underwent...

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Published inJournal of abnormal psychology (1965) Vol. 105; no. 3; p. 464
Main Authors Mulkens, S A, de Jong, P J, Merckelbach, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1996
Subjects
Adult
Affect
Animals
Fear
Female
Humans
Introversion (Psychology)
Neurotic Disorders - diagnosis
Neurotic Disorders - psychology
Pain Measurement
Personality Assessment
Phobic Disorders - diagnosis
Phobic Disorders - psychology
Spiders
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Summary:Twenty-four women with spider phobia and 45 nonphobic women completed the Disgust Questionnaire (DQ; P. Rozin, A. E. Fallon, & R. Mandell, 1984) and the Spider Phobia Questionnaire (SPQ; R. Klorman, T. C. Weerts, J. E. Hastings, B. G. Melamed, & P. J. Lang, 1974). Participants also underwent behavioral tests concerning disgust sensitivity and fear of spiders. Spider phobic women showed stronger disgust sensitivity than nonphobic women, and spiders were found to have a disgust-evoking status that was related to participants' fear of spiders. The relationship between DQ and SPQ was independent of neuroticism and introversion. DQ scores were not associated with a global measure of phobic complaints (i.e., Fear Questionnaire; I. M. Marks & A. Mathews, 1979). Results are consistent with a disease-avoidance model of spider phobia (G. Matchett & G. C. L. Davey, 1991), which emphasizes the role of disgust in spider phobia.
ISSN:0021-843X
DOI:10.1037/0021-843X.105.3.464