Leisink, Bo (2023) Self-disgust and the Urge to Wash in Women After Reading About Sex-Related Experiences. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Disgust is a feeling which is usually directed at another object or person, but it can also be directed at (aspects of) the own person, that is called self-disgust. Three subtypes of self-disgust exist: pathogen, sexual and moral self-disgust, all subtypes serve a certain purpose. Pathogen self-disgust is a feeling of being contaminated or polluted, sexual self-disgust occurs when someone feels they are of low value as a mate and moral self-disgust may occur when someone commits a morally wrong act. If someone feels self-disgust or they experience a feeling of being contaminated they may get an urge to wash themselves. These feelings of self-disgust and the urge to wash may also arise during or after sexual situations. This study examines whether reading sex-related scenarios, designed for each of the three self-disgust types, can elicit self-disgust and/or the urge to wash in women. This is a replication of the study of Brouwer et al. (2023). It was expected that all three types of self-disgust as well as the urge to wash would be elicited after reading the scenarios. In this scenario-based study, women (N= 93) with a mean age of 39.7 (SD= 13.20) read about sexual situations and had to imagine those scenarios happening to themselves or another person. They then rated their level of self-disgust and urge to wash on a VAS-scale (0-100). Results showed a significant effect, which means all types of self-disgust and the urge to wash were evoked after reading the scenarios. Self-disgust and the urge to wash were significantly higher for scenarios in which the reader experienced the event. Moral transgressions were found to elicit the highest sense of self-disgust. Moral and pathogen scenarios elicited similar levels of the urge to wash.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Frey, M.I. and Borg, C. and Brouwer, B. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Forensic Psychology and Victimology (FP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2024 10:26 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2024 10:26 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4274 |
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