Self-disgust in mental disorders — symptom-related or disorder-specific?

Emotion generation and regulation in anorexia nervosa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of self-report data

“…Social comparison is hypothesised to impact upon one's self-presentation, as well as upon desire to modify behaviours of others, situations and groups one is attracted to (Festinger, 1954 . This corroborates individual studies which report that people with EDs are more aware than HCs of social presentation and comparison (public self-consciousness) and reflect more in private on how they compare with others (private self-consciousness; Cardi et al, 2014;Forbush & Watson, 2006;Ille et al, 2014). People with AN judge themselves by high external standards which they feel that they do not successfully attain (Gunnard et al, 2012;Karwautz et al, 2001aKarwautz et al, ,2001b.…”

“…Difficulties identifying feelings have been found to be predictive of treatment outcomes, independent of both depressive and ED symptoms (Speranza, Loas, Wallier, & Corcos, 2007 (Torres et al, 2011). This contrasts somewhat with the bulk of evidence from individual studies with EDs which report high levels of anger, hostility and disgust (Fava, Rappe, West, & Herzog, 1995;Ille et al, 2014;Krug et al, 2008;Swift, Bushnell, Hanson, & Logemann, 1986;Troop, Treasure, & Serpell, 2002;Williams, Chamove, & Millar, 1990) as well as elevated joy and surprise (Overton et al, 2005).…”

Quality and severity of depression in borderline personality disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Horesh et al (2003) aggregated self-esteem items of the BDI and found a higher score in the BPD group, with part of the BPD sample currently depressed. The remaining two studies did not report depression status in BPD patients and yielded the following results: Ille et al (2014) found stronger personal disgust (devaluation of one's own physical appearance and personality) in BPD, but no group difference in behavioral disgust (devaluation of one's own behavior) measured by the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Self-Disgust . In the study by Snyder et al (1982), BPD patients reported feelings of guilt and inferiority to a similar extent as depressed controls.…”

Symptom severity and disgust-related traits in borderline personality disorder: The role of amygdala subdivisions

“…Self-disgust is defined as the tendency to experience disgust when judging one's own personal features and actions . Ille et al (2014) proposed that repeated experiences by BPD patients of other individuals expressing their disgust towards them could possibly lead to self-loathing.…”