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The effect of contamination disgust on Covid-19-related anxiety

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

G. Santarelli ,
M. Innocenti ,
V. Faggi ,
F. Galassi ,
G. Castellini  and
V. Ricca
G. Santarelli*
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Human Health Sciences, Firenze, Italy
M. Innocenti
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Human Health Sciences, firenze, Italy
V. Faggi
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Human Health Sciences, firenze, Italy
F. Galassi
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Human Health Sciences, firenze, Italy
G. Castellini
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Human Health Sciences, firenze, Italy
V. Ricca
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department Of Health Sciences, Florence, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

It is proven that high levels of disgust contribute to implementing protective behaviors. Investigators also discovered that the emotion of disgust plays a central role in determining anxiety related to the contraction of COVID-19. Few data are available about the role of the contamination disgust, a specific disgust domain, in this relationship.

Objectives

The effect of contamination disgust on COVID-19-related anxiety was investigated.

Methods

295 healthy subjects were enrolled through an online survey. They completed Disgust Scale-Revised (DS-R) and were asked to estimate their levels of Covid-19-related anxiety in 12 proposed situations. A total score was then calculated. An ANOVA model having Covid-19-related anxiety total score as dependent variable, and DS-R contamination disgust, age, and sex as predictors was estimated.

Results

The overall model was significant (F(3,291)=6.402, p<0.001) and explained 6.2% of total Covid-19 anxiety variance (R2=0.062). The effect of DS-R contamination disgust on Covid-19-related anxiety was positive, significant (B=0.974, t(291)=3.227, p=0.001) and explained 3.5% of Covid-19-related anxiety variance (partial η2=0.035). A significant effect of sex was detected (F(1,291)=4.919, p=0.027), with females having higher Covid-19-related anxiety than males, while no effect was detected for age (B=-0.024, t(291)=-0.884, p=0.377).

Conclusions

The presented data provide preliminary evidence for an effect of contamination disgust on Covid-19-related anxiety.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Covid-19contamination disgustAnxietyCovid-19-related anxiety
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S66
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