Development and Preliminary Validation of a Self-Report Measure of Sensory and Moral Disgust Toward Perceived Unhealthy Food.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disgust toward perceived unhealthy food has been largely overlooked in understanding the development and persistence of disordered eating, partly due to a lack of measurement tools. To address this gap, we developed new measures of disgust toward perceived unhealthy food.

Method

We evaluated the psychometric properties of a new self-report tool for measuring disgust toward perceived unhealthy food. Participants in Sample 1 (undergraduate students; n = 352) and Sample 2 (community members; n = 549) were either actively following a healthy eating plan or believed they were maintaining a healthy lifestyle. They completed questionnaires on disgust toward perceived unhealthy food, eating disorder symptoms, and psychopathology. To assess convergent and discriminant vali

SUBMITTER: Mistry N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12336781 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature