title: Development and initial validation of the Child Disgust Scale.
abstract: Although disgust sensitivity (DS) has been implicated in the development of anxiety disorders in children, the absence of a measure of DS specifically for children has not allowed for an adequate test of this claim. To fill this important gap in the literature, this investigation presents a series of studies on the development and examination of the psychometric properties (including reliability, validity, and factor structure) of scores on a newly developed Child Disgust Scale (CDS). Exploratory factor analysis in Study 1 (N = 1,500) found that a bifactor model, which allows for a "g" DS factor in addition to 2 distinct factors of Disgust Avoidance and Disgust Affect, was the best fit for the data. Study 2 (N = 573) confirmed a two-factor bifactor model above and beyond a 1-factor model that controlled for method effects due to reverse-worded items. Results from Study 3 (N = 50) provided support for convergent and discriminant validity such that scores on the CDS were significantly correlated with measures of anxiety and fear, but not depression. Finally, Study 4 (N = 86) found that the CDS differentiated children with a diagnosis of specific phobia (n = 43) from a matched nonclinical community sample of children (n = 43), such that those with a specific phobia reported greater DS compared with controls. Results from these studies suggest that the CDS is a developmentally appropriate measure with good psychometric properties that can aid research on the role of disgust sensitivity in anxiety-related disorders in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University.
authors.forename: Megan A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Viar-Paxton
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Duksung Women's University.
authors.forename: Chad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ebesutani
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi.
authors.forename: Eun Ha
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ollendick
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University.
authors.forename: Bunmi O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Olatunji
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
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