PhD Scientific Days 2024

Mental Health Sciences III.

Factor Structure and Validity of the Hungarian Version of the Three-Domain Disgust Scale in a Community Sample

Előadó neve

Mr. Szabó, Dominik

Neptun code

D7J971

Előadó munkahelye

Semmelweis University, Doctoral School, Mental Health Sciences Division, Budapest

Előadó telefonszáma

06702411881

Előadó e-mail címe

szabo.dominik@phd.semmelweis.hu

Az előadás címe

Factor Structure and Validity of the Hungarian Version of the Three-Domain Disgust Scale in a Community Sample

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

Dominik Szabó¹, Evelyn Lévay¹, Ella Salgó¹, Lilla Gerlinger², Zsolt Unoka²

1: Semmelweis University, Doctoral School, Mental Health Sciences Division, Budapest
2: Semmelweis University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Budapest

Bemutatás módja

Szóbeli

Szekció

Mental Health Sciences III.

Language of the presentation

Hungarian

Preferred session

Mental Health Sciences

Összefoglaló szövege

Introduction: The adaptationist model of disgust proposed by Tybur et al. [(2009). Microbes, mating, and morality: Individual differences in three functional domains of disgust. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(1), 103–122] suggests that three functionally specialized domains of disgust exist: pathogen disgust, sexual disgust, and moral disgust. These domains can be measured using a short self-report questionnaire, the Three-Domain Disgust Scale (TDDS).
Aims: The current study aimed to translate the TDDS into Hungarian and examine its factor structure and validity in a community sample of Hungarian adults.
Methods: 243 participants (57.2% females, mean age = 41.66 years, SD = 15.47) completed a battery of self-report questionnaires including the Three-Domain Disgust Scale (TDDS), the Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Scale–Revised (DPSS-R), and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales–21 (DASS-21). The factor structure of the TDDS was tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with Satorra-Bentler correction. The associations between subscales of the TDDS and measures of disgust and psychological distress were examined using Pearson correlations.
Results: The three-factor structure was confirmed (SB-χ2(179) = 330.782, χ2/df =1.85, CFI = .925, TLI = .912, RMSEA = .059, 90% CI = [.049, .069]) after allowing for the correlation of seven pairs of error terms based on modification indices and theoretical justification. All the items loaded substantially (λ ≥ .38) on the expected factor. The latent factor intercorrelations ranged from .18 to .65. The Cronbach’s alphas were .77 for Pathogen Disgust, .84 for Sexual Disgust, and .90 for Moral Disgust. All three subscales were correlated significantly and positively with DPSS-R Disgust Propensity (r = .15–.53) and DPSS-R Disgust Sensitivity (r = .19–.49). Pathogen and Sexual Disgust exhibited weak but significant correlations with DASS-21 Depression, Anxiety, and Stress (r = .15–.30).
Conclusion: The Hungarian version of the TDDS is a psychometrically sound measure of disgust domains. Data collection among psychiatric patients with various diagnoses is ongoing.
Funding: None.

University

Semmelweis University

Supervisor

Zsolt Unoka

Publication of my abstract

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Kind

Szabad

Status

elfogadva

Accepted presentation method

szóbeli

Előadás fájl jóváhagyás

nem rendelkezett róla

Előadó

7502

Start

17:30

End

17:40