Disgust and Sexual Problems–Theoretical Conceptualization and Case Illustrations

Jong, Peter J. de; Lankveld, Jacques van; Elgersma, Hermien; Borg, Charmaine

doi:10.1521/ijct.2010.3.1.23

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“…Studies by de Jong et al [11] have found that women suffering vaginismus displayed a general enhanced dispositional disgust propensity, and women diagnosed with both vaginismus and dyspareunia exhibited enhanced automatic sex-disgust associations in an implicit association task [101]. On the basis of this growing body of research, de Jong et al [109] have argued that enhanced disgust sensitivity in relation to sexual activity may be an important part of the mechanism in disruption of sexual arousal, and this conclusion makes intuitive sense given that sexual activities emerge as a primary disgust elicitor in factor analysis and cluster analysis studies of disgust [18,110]. Thus, if sexual activities are a natural disgust elicitor for many people, then heightened disgust propensity and sensitivity will enhance anxiety by priming avoidance goals to sexually related stimuli and activities.…”

Section: Disgust Involvement In Other Psychopathologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disgust: the disease-avoidance emotion and its dysfunctions

Davey

2011

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

153

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This review analyses the accumulating evidence from psychological, psychophysiological, neurobiological and cognitive studies suggesting that the disease-avoidance emotion of disgust is a predominant emotion experienced in a number of psychopathologies. Current evidence suggests that disgust is significantly related to small animal phobias (particularly spider phobia), blood -injection -injury phobia and obsessive -compulsive disorder contamination fears, and these are all disorders that have primary disgust elicitors as a significant component of their psychopathology. Disgust propensity and sensitivity are also significantly associated with measures of a number of other psychopathologies, including eating disorders, sexual dysfunctions, hypochondriasis, height phobia, claustrophobia, separation anxiety, agoraphobia and symptoms of schizophrenia-even though many of these psychopathologies do not share the disease-avoidance functionality that characterizes disgust. There is accumulating evidence that disgust does represent an important vulnerability factor for many of these psychopathologies, but when disgust-relevant psychopathologies do meet the criteria required for clinical diagnosis, they are characterized by significant levels of both disgust and fear/anxiety. Finally, it has been argued that disgust may also facilitate anxiety and distress across a broad range of psychopathologies through its involvement in more complex human emotions such as shame and guilt, and through its effect as a negative affect emotion generating threat-interpretation biases.

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Section: Disgust Involvement In Other Psychopathologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disgust: the disease-avoidance emotion and its dysfunctions

Davey

2011

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

153

113

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“…Health workers need to be well-briefed to detect hints of these conditions and to look for comorbidities, for example, for sexual dysfunction in those presenting with OCD. Internet-based support for such conditions may be more acceptable to many than face-to-face interaction [77].…”

Section: Disgust and Psychological Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

Why disgust matters

Curtis

2011

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

136

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The new synthesis about disgust is that it is a system that evolved to motivate infectious disease avoidance. There are vital practical and intellectual reasons why we need to understand disgust better. Practically, disgust can be harnessed to combat the behavioural causes of infectious and chronic disease such as diarrhoeal disease, pandemic flu and smoking. Disgust is also a source of much human suffering; it plays an underappreciated role in anxieties and phobias such as obsessive compulsive disorder, social phobia and post-traumatic stress syndromes; it is a hidden cost of many occupations such as caring for the sick and dealing with wastes, and self-directed disgust afflicts the lives of many, such as the obese and fistula patients. Disgust is used and abused in society, being both a force for social cohesion and a cause of prejudice and stigmatization of out-groups. This paper argues that a better understanding of disgust, using the new synthesis, offers practical lessons that can enhance human flourishing. Disgust also provides a model system for the study of emotion, one of the most important issues facing the brain and behavioural sciences today.

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“…Previous studies have indicated an association between disgust and sexual arousal (de Jong et al, 2010; Stevenson et al, 2011; Borg and de Jong, 2012; Lee et al, 2014; Grauvogl et al, 2015). Among men, high levels of trait pathogen disgust sensitivity predicted higher levels of genital and subjective sexual arousal (Lee et al, 2014; Grauvogl et al, 2015).…”

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Moral and Sexual Disgust Suppress Sexual Risk Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China

Zhang

Zheng

2017

Front. Psychol.

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Increasingly more men who have sex with men (MSM) are engaging in sexual risk taking in China in recent years. Given the high rates of HIV infection among MSM in China, it is urgent that we understand the factors that influence MSM's practice of sexual risk taking. Disgust sensitivity, which elicits a behavioral avoidance response, has the potential to influence risky sexual behavior. The present study examined the relationship between disgust sensitivity and sexual risk behavior among MSM in China. Men (n = 584) who reported having anal intercourse in the previous 6 months were recruited from the Internet. Two indicators of sexual risk behaviors were measured: condom use and the number of sex partners. The results indicated that moral disgust was positively associated with condom use, with MSM who had higher moral disgust being more likely to use condoms than others did. Sexual disgust was positively associated with the number of sex partners, with MSM who had higher sexual disgust having fewer male sex partners than others did. Sexual and moral disgust sensitivity significantly predicted HIV testing. Our study verified that sexual and moral disgust suppressed sexual risk behaviors and promoted HIV testing. Moral and sexual education should be incorporated in future strategies for HIV prevention and encouragement of safe sex behaviors among MSM in China.

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Disgust and Sexual Problems–Theoretical Conceptualization and Case Illustrations

Cited by 32 publications

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Disgust: the disease-avoidance emotion and its dysfunctions

Disgust: the disease-avoidance emotion and its dysfunctions

Why disgust matters

Moral and Sexual Disgust Suppress Sexual Risk Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China

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