Disgust sensitivity mediates the effects of race on contamination aversion

Disgust sensitivity mediates the effects of race on contamination aversion

African Americans report greater contamination aversion than European Americans. Few studies have attempted to identify potential causes for this elevated contamination aversion, though existing research and theory suggests this may be partly due to concomitant heightened disgust sensitivity. The pr...

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Main Authors: Adams, T.G (Author), George, J.R (Author), Kelmendi, B. (Author), Lohr, J.M (Author), Pittenger, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2018
Subjects:
adult
African
African American
Article
aversive behavior
behavior assessment
Caribbean
construct validity
Contamination
cross-sectional study
discriminant validity
disgust
Disgust
Disgust scale
European American
female
human
internal consistency
male
obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Padua Inventory
personal experience
priority journal
race
Race
test retest reliability
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