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- Title
Confirming the Three-Factor Structure of the Disgust Scale—Revised in Eight Countries.
- Authors
Olatunji, Bunmi O.; Moretz, Melanie W.; McKay, Dean; Bjorklund, Fredrik; de Jong, Peter J.; Haidt, Jonathan; Hursti, Timo J.; Imada, Sumio; Koller, Silvia; Mancini, Francesco; Page, Andrew C.; Schienle, Anne
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
FACTOR analysis; CROSS-cultural studies; STATISTICAL correlation; PATH analysis (Statistics); GENDER; ANALYSIS of variance
- Publication
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2009, Vol 40, Issue 2, p234
- ISSN
0022-0221
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0022022108328918