Collective Disgust Scale

Instructions: Disgust is an emotion defined as a feeling of strong dislike, distaste of those who violate morals. Please rate the following items about your feelings with your (Insert Group) in mind, that is, being a(n) (Group).

1. I feel my group is superior to some other groups.

Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strongly Agree

2. I feel contempt because some other groups have inferior morals compared to my group.

Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strongly Agree

3. Some other groups are fake and hypocritical while my group is genuine.

Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strongly Agree

4. I feel contempt for some other groups because they have poor ethics.

Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strongly Agree

5. I feel some other groups are not worth my group’s attention.

Strongly Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strongly Agree

Cite: Reysen, S., & Branscombe, N. R. (2007, January). Validation of collective emotion scales for happiness, fear, jealousy, disgust, contempt, and hope. Poster presented at the 2^nd annual Emotion Pre-Conference to the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN.

Study 1

Participants: N = 152, 63.8% men, 19.17 yrs. old, SD = 1.28

Salient Group: American

Mean Score: 5.48 (SD = 1.37)

Alpha: .86

Variance: 64.69%

Correlations: American Identification (r = .13, n.s.), Nationalism (r = .13, n.s.), Patriotism (r = .32), Private Collective Self-Esteem (r = .30), Public Collective Self-Esteem (r = .38), Political Orientation (r = -.15, n.s., higher scores indicate a liberal orientation), Personal Disgust Scale (r = .02, n.s.)

Study 2

Participants: N = 330

Divergent Validity: CPI Social Desirability (r = .06, n.s.)

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