Strating, Nina (2025) The effectiveness and validation of sex-related scenarios in eliciting (pathogen, moral and sexual) self-disgust. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Self-disgust arises when there is a discrepancy between the actual self, the ideal self and/or the core self. Self-disgust has been theorized to influence the development of sexual dysfunctions but there is a paucity of research. With this current study we tried to replicate the study of Brouwer et al. (2023), with the aim to further examine the relevance of self-disgust in the sexual context and to validate the scenario used in their design. This study investigated if a distinct type of self-disgust (pathogen, moral or sexual) can be elicited by sex-related scenarios, in both male and female participants. A cross-sectional and within subject design (n=102; cis-female: n= 48; cis-male: n= 54) was used. Participants were presented with 22 sexual related scenarios designed to elicit a specific self-disgust type and asked to imagine themselves (experimental) or others (control) in that situation. After this, the participants were asked to rate their feelings of self-disgust. All types of self-disgust elicited a higher self-disgust rating when participants imagined themselves in the sexual situation compared to imaging someone else. Additionally, men and women reacted similarly to the sexual situations. Lastly, almost all scenarios elicited the intended self-disgust type, but only scenario 3 showed a clear difference in the rating of self-disgust between the types of self-disgust. This does not mean that the scenarios did not work, but that there is room for improvement. To conclude, self-disgust can be induced by imagining oneself in different sexual experiences. Showing the relevance of taking self-disgust into consideration in models of sexual dysfunctions and behaviour. Additionally, future research should further investigate the differentiation and relationship of the three-self-disgust types, as all scenarios elicit all types of self-disgust. Keywords: Disgust domains, Self-disgust, Sexual (dys)functions, Pathogen self-disgust, Moral self-disgust, Sexual self-disgust, Scenario validation, Gender differences
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Frey, M.I. and Borg, C. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Forensic Psychology and Victimology (FP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2025 07:36 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2025 07:36 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5429 |
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