The Disgust Scale, Version 1 (Haidt, McCauley and Rozin, 1994) Please circle T (true) or F (false): T F 1. It bothers me to see someone in a restaurant eating messy food with his fingers. T F 2. Seeing a cockroach in someone else's house doesn't bother me. T F 3. It bothers me to hear someone clear a throat full of mucous. T F 4. I think it is immoral for people to seek sexual pleasure from animals. T F 5. It would bother me to be in a science class, and to see a human hand preserved in a jar. T F 6. I would go out of my way to avoid walking through a graveyard. T F 7. I never let any part of my body touch the toilet seat in public restrooms. T F 8. Even if I was hungry, I would not drink a bowl of my favorite soup if it had been stirred by a used but thoroughly washed flyswatter. T F 9. I might be willing to try eating monkey meat, under some circumstances. T F 10. It would bother me to see a rat run across my path in a park. T F 11. If I see someone vomit, it makes me sick to my stomach. T F 12. I think homosexual activities are immoral. T F 13. It would not upset me at all to watch a person with a glass eye take the eye out of the socket. T F 14. It would bother me tremendously to touch a dead body. T F 15. I probably would not go to my favorite restaurant if I found out that the cook had a cold. T F 16. It would bother me to sleep in a nice hotel room if I knew that a man had died of a heart attack in that room the night before. Please rate (0, 1, or 2) how disgusting you would find the following experiences. 0 = not disgusting at all 1 = slightly disgusting 2 = very disgusting If you think something is bad or unpleasant, but not disgusting, you should write "0". ____ 17. You see someone put ketchup on vanilla ice cream, and eat it. ____ 18. You see maggots on a piece of meat in an outdoor garbage pail. ____ 19. While you are walking through a tunnel under a railroad track, you smell urine. ____ 20. You hear about a 30 year old man who seeks sexual relationships with 80 year old women. ____ 21. You see someone accidentally stick a fishing hook through his finger. ____ 22. Your friend's pet cat dies, and you have to pick up the dead body with your bare hands. ____ 23. You take a sip of soda, and then realize that you drank from the glass that an acquaintance of yours had been drinking from. ____ 24. A friend offers you a piece of chocolate shaped like dog doo. ____ 25. You are about to drink a glass of milk when you smell that it is spoiled. ____ 26. You are walking barefoot on concrete, and you step on an earthworm. ____ 27. You see a bowel movement left unflushed in a public toilet. ____ 28. You hear about an adult woman who has sex with her father. ____ 29. You see a man with his intestines exposed after an accident. ____ 30. You accidentally touch the ashes of a person who has been cremated. ____ 31. You discover that a friend of yours changes underwear only once a week. ____ 32. As part of a sex education class, you are required to inflate a new unlubricated condom, using your mouth. To score the Disgust Scale: The goal is to calculate how many questions out of 32 were answered in the disgust-sensitive way. First, put a dot next to questions 2,9, and 13, since these questions must be reversed. Then, count up the number of T=s circled, except for questions 2,9, and 13. Add to this number the number of F=s circled on questions 2, 9, and 13. This is your score on Part One. Next, add up all the ratings given on questions 17-32, and divide that total by 2. This is your score on Part Two. Add your scores from parts One and Two, which should give you a number between 0 and 32. The average score for American adult samples is approximately 16 (14 for men, 18 for women). Higher numbers indicate that a person is more disgust sensitive than average. ================================================================================ The Disgust Scale, Version 2 (Haidt, McCauley and Rozin, 2002) Please indicate how much you agree with each of the following statements, or how true it is about you. Please write a number (1, 2, 3 or 4) to indicate your answer: 1 = Strongly disagree (very untrue about me) 2 = Mildly disagree (somewhat untrue about me) 3 = Mildly agree (somewhat true about me) 4 = Strongly agree (very true about me) ____ 1. I might be willing to try eating monkey meat, under some circumstances. ____ 2. I try to avoid letting any part of my body touch the toilet seat in a public restroom, even when it appears clean. ____ 3. It would bother me to be in a science class, and to see a human hand preserved in a jar. ____ 4. It would make me uncomfortable to hear a couple making love in the next room of a hotel. ____ 5. If I see someone vomit, it makes me sick to my stomach. ____ 6. I have no problem buying and wearing shirts from used clothing stores. ____ 7. It would bother me tremendously to touch a dead body. ____ 8. It would bother me to see photos of two people having oral sex. ____ 9. Seeing a cockroach in someone else's house does not bother me. ____ 10. I probably would not go to my favorite restaurant if I found out that the cook had a cold. ____ 11. It would bother me to sleep in a nice hotel room if I knew that a man had died of a heart attack in that room the night before. ____ 12. It is OK with me if people want to look at pornography involving animals. ____ 13. Even if I was hungry, I would not drink a bowl of my favorite soup if it had been stirred by a used but thoroughly washed fly-swatter. ____ 14. I would not hold a dollar bill between my lips (like if I needed a free hand), because so many strangers have touched it with their dirty hands. ____ 15. If I were properly trained, I would be willing to help draw blood in a blood drive. ____ 16. I think that people who masturbate every day are degrading themselves. How disgusting would you find each of the following experiences? Please write a number (1, 2, 3, or 4) to indicate your answer: 1 = Not disgusting at all 2 = Slightly disgusting 3 = Moderately disgusting 4 = Very disgusting. If you think something is bad or unpleasant, but not disgusting, you should write "1". ____ 17. You see maggots on a piece of meat in an outdoor garbage pail. ____ 18. You take a sip of soda and then realize that you picked up the wrong can, which a stranger had been drinking out of. ____ 19. You see someone accidentally stick a fishing hook through his finger. ____ 20. You hear about a 30 year old man who seeks sexual relationships with 80 year old women. ____ 21. While you are walking through a tunnel under a railroad track, you smell urine. ____ 22. You sit down on a public bus, and feel that the seat is still warm from the last person who sat there. ____ 23. You see a man with his intestines exposed after an accident. ____ 24. As part of a sex education class, you are required to inflate a new unlubricated condom, using your mouth. ____ 25. A friend offers you a piece of chocolate shaped like dog-doo. ____ 26. You find out that someone you despise used to live in your house, and sleep in your bedroom. ____ 27. Your friend's pet cat dies, and you have to pick up the dead body with your bare hands. ____ 28. You hear about an adult brother and sister who like to have sex with each other. ____ 29. You see a bowel movement left unflushed in a public toilet. ____ 30. While traveling for 2 weeks with a friend, you discover that your underwear got mixed up in the wash, and you are wearing your friend’s underwear. ____ 31. You accidentally touch the ashes of a person who has been cremated. ____ 32. While walking through a park, you see two dogs mating (having sex). To compute your score: first reverse your score on questions 1, 6, 9, 12, and 15 (That is, subtract what you wrote from 5, so that a 1 becomes a 4, a 2 becomes a 3....). Then add up all 32 numbers, to get a score ranging from a low of 32 to a maximum of 128. Higher numbers mean that you are more sensitive to disgust; low numbers mean you are not easily disgusted.