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Disgust Theory Through the Lens of Psychiatric Medicine

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Amoroso, CR; Hanna, EK; LaBar, KS; Schaich Borg, J; Sinnott-Armstrong, W; Zucker, NL
Published in: Clinical Psychological Science
January 1, 2020

The elicitors of disgust are heterogeneous, which makes attributing one function to disgust challenging. Theorists have proposed that disgust solves multiple adaptive problems and comprises multiple functional domains. However, theories conflict with regard to what the domains are and how they should be delineated. In this article, we examine clinical evidence of aberrant disgust symptoms in the contamination subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder, blood-injury-injection phobia, and posttraumatic stress disorder to adjudicate between two prevailing theories of disgust. We argue that the pattern of disgust sensitivities in these psychiatric disorders sheds new light on the domain structure of disgust. Specifically, the supported domain structure of disgust is likely similar to an adaptationist model of disgust, with more subdivisions of the domain of pathogen disgust. We discuss the implications of this approach for the prevention and treatment of psychiatric disorders relevant to disgust.

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Clinical Psychological Science

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2167-7034

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2167-7026

Publication Date

January 1, 2020

Volume

8

Issue

1

Start / End Page

3 / 24

Related Subject Headings

  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Amoroso, C. R., Hanna, E. K., LaBar, K. S., Schaich Borg, J., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., & Zucker, N. L. (2020). Disgust Theory Through the Lens of Psychiatric Medicine. Clinical Psychological Science, 8(1), 3–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702619863769
Amoroso, C. R., E. K. Hanna, K. S. LaBar, J. Schaich Borg, W. Sinnott-Armstrong, and N. L. Zucker. “Disgust Theory Through the Lens of Psychiatric Medicine.” Clinical Psychological Science 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 3–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702619863769.
Amoroso CR, Hanna EK, LaBar KS, Schaich Borg J, Sinnott-Armstrong W, Zucker NL. Disgust Theory Through the Lens of Psychiatric Medicine. Clinical Psychological Science. 2020 Jan 1;8(1):3–24.
Amoroso, C. R., et al. “Disgust Theory Through the Lens of Psychiatric Medicine.” Clinical Psychological Science, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 3–24. Scopus, doi:10.1177/2167702619863769.
Amoroso CR, Hanna EK, LaBar KS, Schaich Borg J, Sinnott-Armstrong W, Zucker NL. Disgust Theory Through the Lens of Psychiatric Medicine. Clinical Psychological Science. 2020 Jan 1;8(1):3–24.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clinical Psychological Science

DOI

EISSN

2167-7034

ISSN

2167-7026

Publication Date

January 1, 2020

Volume

8

Issue

1

Start / End Page

3 / 24

Related Subject Headings

  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology