Disgust Scale–Revised (DS-R) Test

Learn what situations and images trigger your strongest disgust reactions in about 5 minutes. With 27 items, it maps food, body, and moral sensitivities to support research, care, and prevention.

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How the Scales are Structured

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2/4

Contamination (C)

Measures disgust sensitivity related to contamination concerns when substances or contact are perceived as transferable between people or objects.

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0 – 1.2: Low | 1.2 – 2.8: Moderate | 2.8 – 4: High

A score of 2 indicates a moderate level of contamination-related disgust, suggesting occasional discomfort with perceived transfer of substances or germs but not consistently strong reactions.

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2/4

Animal Reminder Disgust (ARD)

Measures disgust sensitivity to physicality-related cues such as bodily processes, odors, injuries, and reminders of mortality.

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0 – 1.4: Low | 1.5 – 3: Moderate | 3.1 – 4: High

A score of 2 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a middling tendency to feel disgust in response to bodily/animal-reminder cues.

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2/4

Core Disgust (CD)

Measures sensitivity to core (oral) disgust triggers such as food-related cues, bodily secretions, and animals perceived as contamination risks.

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0 – 1.6: Low | 1.6 – 2.7: Moderate | 2.7 – 4: High

A score of 2 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a typical-to-elevated aversive response to food and contamination-related cues without strong avoidance across most situations.

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2/4

Disgust Sensitivity (DS)

Measures how strongly a person tends to react with disgust across a range of potentially aversive or contaminating situations.

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0 – 1.4: Low | 1.5 – 2.7: Moderate | 2.8 – 4: High

A score of 2 indicates a moderate level of disgust sensitivity, suggesting a noticeable but not extreme tendency to feel disgust in response to common triggers.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People with strong reactions

41%OF USERS

They take it to understand why certain smells, bodily fluids, or taboo topics trigger intense discomfort and how broad those triggers are.

Therapy and health seekers

34%OF USERS

They use it to map disgust sensitivity that may influence anxiety, contamination fears, eating habits, or avoidance behaviors.

Psychology students and researchers

25%OF USERS

They take it for coursework or studies exploring how different kinds of disgust relate to judgment, social attitudes, and decision-making.

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Pollution (P)

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1.1 — 2.2

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Primal Fear (PF)

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1.5

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The Core of Disgust (TCoD)

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2.8

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2.2 — 3.4

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Sensitivity to Disgust (StD)

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures sensitivity to disgust across multiple domains. It captures differences in reactions to cues such as contamination, bodily processes, and moral violations.

How long does it take and how many items are included?

Completion time is about five minutes. The questionnaire includes 27 items.

What types of situations are covered by the items?

Items describe common disgust-evoking cues, including food-related stimuli, unpleasant smells, bodily abnormalities, and taboo topics. Some items address social and moral scenarios.

How should responses be selected?

Select the option that best matches the immediate reaction to each situation. Responses should reflect typical reactions rather than rare events or what seems socially acceptable.

How are results typically used?

Scores are used to compare relative sensitivity across disgust domains and overall intensity. They may support research and inform clinical or health psychology assessments alongside other measures.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Disgust Scale–Revised (DS-R) Test

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This self-report measure assesses individual differences in sensitivity to disgust across a range of common elicitors. Disgust Scale–Revised (DS-R) is typically used to characterize the intensity and pattern of disgust responding for research and clinical screening purposes. It was developed by Paul Rozin and Clark R. McCauley.

The instrument includes 27 items and takes about 5 minutes to complete. Items sample reactions to diverse disgust-related cues (e.g., contamination-related stimuli and other aversive scenarios), allowing Disgust Scale–Revised (DS-R) to support a broad profile of disgust propensity rather than a single undifferentiated score.

Author: Clark R. McCauley, jonathan-haidt, Paul Rozin

Literature: Gross, J. J., & Levenson, R. W. Emotion elicitation using films. Cognition and Emotion. 1995.; Haidt, J., McCauley, C., & Rozin, P. Individual differences in sensitivity to disgust: A scale sampling seven domains of disgust elicitors. Personality and Individual Differences. 1994.; Olatunji, B. O., Williams, N. L., Tolin, D. F., Abramowitz, J. S., Sawchuk, C. N., Lohr, J. M., & Elwood, L. S. The Disgust Scale: Item analysis, factor structure, and suggestions for refinement. Psychological Assessment. 2007.

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