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Digestive and cardiovascular responses to core and animal-reminder disgust

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van Overveld, W.J.M., de Jong, Peter J., Peters, Madelon L.·2009·Biological Psychology
DOI 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.08.002
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The two-stage model of disgust differentiates between core and animal-reminder (AR) disgust [Rozin P., Fallon A., 1987. A perspective on disgust. Psychological Review 94, 23-41]. This study investigates whether core and A-R disgust elicit distinct physiological reaction patterns. Further, in line with the idea that A-R disgust is critically involved in blood phobia and may explain typical phenomenology of psychopathological symptoms (e.g., dizziness), we investigated whether physiological patterns (if present) would differ specifically for A-R disgust between high and low blood-fearful participants. Therefore, high (n=30) and low (n=30) blood-fearful individuals engaged in guided imagery of core disgust, A-R disgust, and neutral stimuli. Overall, both disgust scripts lead to increased activity in the digestive component of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). For cardiac components, sympathetic activity decreased, whereas no parasympathetic reactivity was observed compared to the neutral script. No differences were observed in physiological reactivity between the A-R and core disgust scripts. Meanwhile, in line with the idea that disgust is involved in blood phobia, subjective symptoms of vomit and dizziness did differentiate between high and low blood-fearful participants, as subjective symptoms were most pronounced in the high blood-fearful group. Contrary to our expectations, increases in subjective symptoms were apparent for both disgust types and not specifically for A-R disgust. So, physiological reactivity appeared relatively independent of type of disgust elicitor which, in turn, may reflect a general hard-wired protective mechanism to prevent contamination with pathogens.

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  • van Overveld et al. found no association between respiratory sinus arrhythmia or salivary flow rate and blood-injury sensitivity in students when exposed to injury-related guided imagery.

    “Similarly, van Overveld et al. (2009) found no association between RSA or salivary flow rate and blood-injury sensitivity in students when exposed to injury-related guided imagery.”

    From The psychophysiology of blood-injection-injury phobia: Looking beyond the diphasic response paradigm (2010) · cites this paper as van Overveld et al. (2009)

    The Results (section 2.2.4.1) found no significant interaction between blood-fear group and imagery script for high-frequency heart-rate variability, supporting the RSA portion. But section 2.2.3.1 reports significantly greater salivary excretion in the high blood-fearful group relative to the low group during the disgust scripts versus the neutral script (p = .03). The blanket claim of no association for salivary flow is therefore not supported. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
van Overveld, W. J. M., de Jong, P. J., & Peters, M. L.
Affiliations
  • Maastricht University (NL)
  • University of Groningen (NL)
Corresponding author
  • van Overveld, W.J.M.
  • de Jong, Peter J.
ORCID
Venue
Biological Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-02
Volume
80
Issue
2
Pages
149-157
ISSN
0301-0511 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.08.002
OpenAlex
W2085712196
Cited by
39
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0.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biological Psychology (publishedVersion)
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  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Keywords
disgust, core disgust, blood phobia, autonomic nervous system, cardiovascular response, sympathetic activity, parasympathetic activity, dizziness, vomiting, guided imagery, pathogen avoidance
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Blood, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular System, Digestive System, Electromyography, Emotions, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Heart Rate, Humans, Imagination, Male, Pain Measurement, Phobic Disorders, Surveys and Questionnaires, Saliva, Self Concept, Young Adult

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