The Italian version of the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-Disgust
Objectives: While disgust directed at potential disease elicitors constitutes an adaptive mechanism for health protection, disgust directed against the own person is dysfunctional, particularly when it becomes an enduring cognitive-affective orientation toward the self. Self-disgust is associated wi...
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| description | Objectives: While disgust directed at potential disease elicitors constitutes an adaptive mechanism for health protection, disgust directed against the own person is dysfunctional, particularly when it becomes an enduring cognitive-affective orientation toward the self. Self-disgust is associated with several mental disorders, such as depression, borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Therefore, the assessment of this construct in the clinical context is very important. Since a Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-Disgust (QASD) in Italian did not exist, such a scale was developed.
Methods: A total of 1053 individuals (mean age = 32 years; 76% female) participated in an online survey. They completed questionnaires for the assessment of self-disgust (the translated version of the German QASD, Schienle, Ille, Arendasy, 2014), psychological problems, and overall mental well-being. An exploratory factor analysis (principal axis estimation with oblique (oblimin) rotation; n = 526) and confirmatory factor analysis (n = 527) were computed. Moreover, correlation analyses were carried out to assess the relationship between self-disgust and different indicators of mental wellbeing and psychological disorders.
Results: The QASD has a single factor structure. The questionnaire assesses disgust directed against the own body, personality, and behavior with 12 items. The QASD has very good reliability (McDonald´s omega = .92). The mean self-disgust scores correlated positively with reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, somatization, and body image concerns, and negatively with overall mental wellbeing.
Conclusion: The results point to the association between elevated self-disgust and psychological problems. Therefore, the scale should now be administered in clinical samples. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d342afbf23b4e7e8ff2fbb9dd0325272022-12-22T04:25:24ZengUniversity of MessinaMediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology2282-16192021-12-019310.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-32272645The Italian version of the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-DisgustAnne Schienle0Albert Wabnegger1Annalisa La Face2Department of Clinical Psychology, Universitätsplatz 2, University of Graz, 8010 GrazDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Universitätsplatz 2, University of Graz, 8010 GrazDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Universitätsplatz 2, University of Graz, 8010 GrazObjectives: While disgust directed at potential disease elicitors constitutes an adaptive mechanism for health protection, disgust directed against the own person is dysfunctional, particularly when it becomes an enduring cognitive-affective orientation toward the self. Self-disgust is associated with several mental disorders, such as depression, borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Therefore, the assessment of this construct in the clinical context is very important. Since a Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-Disgust (QASD) in Italian did not exist, such a scale was developed. Methods: A total of 1053 individuals (mean age = 32 years; 76% female) participated in an online survey. They completed questionnaires for the assessment of self-disgust (the translated version of the German QASD, Schienle, Ille, Arendasy, 2014), psychological problems, and overall mental well-being. An exploratory factor analysis (principal axis estimation with oblique (oblimin) rotation; n = 526) and confirmatory factor analysis (n = 527) were computed. Moreover, correlation analyses were carried out to assess the relationship between self-disgust and different indicators of mental wellbeing and psychological disorders. Results: The QASD has a single factor structure. The questionnaire assesses disgust directed against the own body, personality, and behavior with 12 items. The QASD has very good reliability (McDonald´s omega = .92). The mean self-disgust scores correlated positively with reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, somatization, and body image concerns, and negatively with overall mental wellbeing. Conclusion: The results point to the association between elevated self-disgust and psychological problems. Therefore, the scale should now be administered in clinical samples.https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/3227self-disgustquestionnairedepressionanxietysomatizationbody image concerns. |
| spellingShingle | Anne Schienle Albert Wabnegger Annalisa La Face The Italian version of the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-Disgust Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology self-disgust questionnaire depression anxiety somatization body image concerns. |
| title | The Italian version of the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-Disgust |
| title_full | The Italian version of the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-Disgust |
| title_fullStr | The Italian version of the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-Disgust |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Italian version of the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-Disgust |
| title_short | The Italian version of the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-Disgust |
| title_sort | italian version of the questionnaire for the assessment of self disgust |
| topic | self-disgust questionnaire depression anxiety somatization body image concerns. |
| url | https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/3227 |
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