Emergencies that occur during natural disasters, such as avalanches, earthquakes, and
floods, tend to be sudden, unexpected, and ephemeral and recruit defensive responses …

Compulsive cleaning is an attempt to remove feelings of contamination that threaten one's
physical health, mental health or ability to function socially. The fear of becoming …

Pandemic illnesses, such as the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) are often highly publicized in the
mass media and can be associated with high levels of anxiety and compensatory behavior …

In the 4 studies presented (N= 1,939), a converging set of analyses was conducted to
evaluate the item adequacy, factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Disgust Scale (DS; …

This book addresses a critical challenge in evidence-based psychotherapy: how to use
empirically supported therapies (ESTs) in real-world clinical contexts. The author explains …

Emotions have been a long–standing cornerstone of research in social and clinical
psychology. Although the systematic examination of emotional processes has yielded a …

This review analyses the accumulating evidence from psychological, psychophysiological,
neurobiological and cognitive studies suggesting that the disease-avoidance emotion of …

We examined the relationships between sensitivity to three kinds of disgust (core, animal-
reminder, and contamination) and personality traits, behavioral avoidance, physiological …

Research findings on the specific relationships between beliefs and OCD symptoms have
been inconsistent, yet the existing studies vary in their approach to measuring the highly …

This study examined the specificity of disgust sensitivity in predicting contamination-related
anxiety and behavioral avoidance. Participants high (n= 26) and low (n= 30) in …