Cross-cultural validation of the short version of the Food Disgust Scale in ten countries

Egolf, Aisha; Siegrist, Michael; Ammann, Jeanine; Pacheco-López, Gustavo; Etale, Anita; Hartmann, Christina

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2019.104420

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“…The English language FDS‐SHORT also performed well in the current study. Cronbach's alpha (α = .73) fell within the range reported by Egolf et al (2019) when a slightly different English language translation was validated in four countries (England, United States, Australia, and South Africa). Marginal improvements in the scale's performance were obtained when alternative versions of the FDS‐SHORT were tested here.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…The FNS can be used to test the discriminant validity of the FDS because increased visceral disgust is one factor that contributes to increased food neophobia (Al‐Shawaf, Lewis, Alley, & Buss, 2015). Individuals who score highly on the FNS are also more likely to score high on the FDS (Ammann et al, 2020; Ammann, Hartmann, & Siegrist, 2018a; Egolf et al, 2019; Hartmann & Siegrist, 2018). Cronbach's alpha (α = .89) indicated that the FNS performed reliably.…”

Section: Materials Methods and Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In order to determine if cross‐cultural differences in food disgust existed, we compared the FDS scores for the female participants from England ( n = 63) and Canada ( n = 70) using t tests. As males score lower than females on the FDS (Egolf et al, 2019; Hartmann & Siegrist, 2018) and none were recruited in Canada, the male participants from England ( n = 22) were excluded. Mean FDS‐LONG scores were significantly higher in Canada than in England (t [131] = 1.98, p = .049) but no difference was found in FDS‐SHORT scores (t[131] = 1.48, p = .142).…”

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“…While English language translations of the scales were provided in the paper by Hartmann and Siegrist (2018), they were not validated. Recently, Egolf et al (2019) showed that translations of the FDS‐SHORT were largely valid in six languages (German, Chinese, French, Spanish, English, and Swedish) across 10 new countries. However, to the best of our knowledge the validity of the English language 32‐item FDS has not been investigated.…”

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English version of the food disgust scale: Optimization and other considerations

Thibodeau

Yang

Ford

et al. 2021

Journal of Sensory Studies

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The disgust elicited by food plays an important role in food choice and consumption. Recently, Hartmann and Siegrist (Food Quality and Preference, 2018, 63, 38–50) developed and validated in German the food disgust scale (FDS), a 32‐item instrument designed to measure visceral disgust elicited by food. In Study 1, we tested the English language translation of the FDS and its shortened version (FDS‐SHORT) in England (n = 85) and Canada (n = 70). The internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha and mean interitem correlation [MCI]) was acceptable for both the FDS (α = .90, MIC = .22) and the FDS‐SHORT (α = .73, MIC = .25). Exploratory factor analysis revealed that the English and German versions of the FDS had similar underlying structure and good discriminant validity. In Study 2, female participants (n = 159) who completed the FDS where the anchor term disgusted was used had higher FDS‐SHORT scores than either their male counterparts or females for whom the anchor term grossed out was used (F[2, 266] = 11.1, p < .001). As grossed out captures only visceral rather than moral disgust, we recommend its adoption in English versions of these scales. These studies confirm that, as modified, the English FDS and FDS‐SHORT are reliable and can be used with confidence in future research. Practical application This study has further assessed and optimized an English translation of the food disgust scale, which will allow for its use by food researchers and practitioners in English‐speaking countries. The finding that food disgust scores vary with sex and culture provides guidance to producers and marketers of novel food products and flavors.

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Section: Materials Methods and Resultsmentioning

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English version of the food disgust scale: Optimization and other considerations

Thibodeau

Yang

Ford

et al. 2021

Journal of Sensory Studies

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“…At the end of the survey, after the messaging treatments below, we administered the shortened Food Disgust Scale (Hartmann and Siegrist, 2018), as validated in English by Egolf et al (2019) and Thibodeau et al (in press) and the Food Neophobia Scale (Pliner and Hobden, 1992; 5-point Likert scale-strongly agree to strongly disagree) to further investigate potential psychological barriers to CM consumption (Supplementary Materials).…”

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Perceptions of Cultured Meat Among Youth and Messaging Strategies

Ruzgys

Pickering

2020

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Cultured or "clean" meat (CM) is arguably a more ethical and environmentally sustainable alternative to farmed meat, but several potential psychological barriers exist to its acceptance in the marketplace. The perceptions of youth, as a specific consumer cohort, have not been reported to date despite young adults having more flexible dietary habits and being more likely to avoid red meat because of animal welfare and environmental concerns. Thus, youth represent a demographic that may be more accepting of CM and for whom the pro-environmental consequences of early adoption may be realized across an entire lifespan. In this study of college-aged Canadians (mean = 20 years), we examined perceptions of CM (mixed methods) and assessed the effects of educational messaging about its benefits and then naturalness framing on intention to consume it (within subjects quantitative experimental design). Results show that youth believe CM to be unnatural, ethical, and environmentally friendly, and that taste is an important element of acceptance. Linear regression showed that food disgust was a significant predictor for both intent to incorporate CM into regular diet and completely replace meat/meat substitutes with CM. In both instances, increasing food disgust was associated with lower behavioral intent. Environmental values were also a predictor for completely replacing meat/meat substitutes with CM, where it positively affected intent and showed a similar effect size to food disgust. Both messaging on the benefits of CM and naturalness framing increased intent to consume it across all three measures and by a similar magnitude [p (F) < 0.05]. These findings provide timely and actionable information for both CM producers and marketers and contribute to scholarship on the role of values and psychological traits in sustainable food choices.

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Age‐related differences in self‐reported disgust toward core disgust, sex‐related, and food stimuli

Oosterwijk

Borg

Dijk

2022

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction While disgust is functional in preventing contagion from pathogens, it also plays a role in various psychopathologies. Disgust responses toward dirt, bodily secretions, certain types of food, and sexual stimuli typically emerge during (early) childhood. However, there is a lack of research on how disgust develops. This cross‐sectional study investigated whether there are age‐related differences in subjective, self‐reported disgust between early and late adolescence and whether there are differences for distinctive types of disgust (core‐disgust, sex‐related, food‐related). Methods Using an online survey, 240 Dutch children (116 female, 124 male) aged 9 through 16 years rated the extent to which they found the different types of stimuli disgusting or not on a VAS scale. Results and Conclusions The results showed that only the disgust responses to sex‐related stimuli decreased with age, whereas disgust toward the other categories did not show any age‐related differences. Overall girls reported somewhat higher disgust ratings than boys for sex‐related stimuli, but not for the other categories. The present study offers important new angles for future research, which might further disentangle the mechanisms through which the changes occur.

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Cross-cultural validation of the short version of the Food Disgust Scale in ten countries

Cited by 17 publications

References 71 publications

English version of the food disgust scale: Optimization and other considerations

English version of the food disgust scale: Optimization and other considerations

Perceptions of Cultured Meat Among Youth and Messaging Strategies

Age‐related differences in self‐reported disgust toward core disgust, sex‐related, and food stimuli

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