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

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.

• Författare: 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
• Avdelning/ar: Institutionen för psykologi
• Publiceringsår: 2009
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 234-255
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
• Volym: 40
• Issue: 2
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022108328918
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: SAGE Publications
• Ämne: Psychology
• Nyckelord: structure; factor; cross-culture; Disgust Scale-Revived; disgust sensitivity
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1552-5422