“…There is evidence that cancer, and other chronic physical illnesses, can become all-consuming (e.g., Gibson, et al, 2016;Shragge, Wismer, Olson, & Baracos, 2007). For example, cancer patients often have difficulty focusing attention away from the disease, tend to ruminate on it (e.g., Bishop & Warr, 2003;Chan, Ho, Tedeschi, & Leung, 2011) and have cancer-related negative intrusive thoughts (e.g., Brenne, Loge, Kaasa, Heitzer, Knudsen, & Wasteson, 2013;Walker, Nail, Larsen, Magill, & Schwartz, 1996). Thus, we expect that changes engendered by cancer and its treatment -that are disgust-provoking (Powell, Azlan, Simpson, & Overton, 2016) and germane to the diagnosis -may result in disgust reactions having a stronger influence on current psychological wellbeing in people with cancer (vs. cancer-free controls).…”