Domains of disgust sensitivity: revisited factor structure of the questionnaire for the assessment of disgust sensitivity (QADS) in a cross-sectional, representative german survey

Table 4 QADS gender-specific descriptives (N = 2349)

QADS factor	Items	Observed Range	All	Male	Female	Reliabilities		Skewness	Kurtosis
			M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	Split-Half	Cronbach's Alpha
Main Score	37	17-148	93.5 (26.8)	86.5 (26.7)	99.6 (25.4)	.92	.95	-.02	-.49**
Animal Reminder Disgust	15	7-60	43.8 (10.4)	41.4 (10.6)	45.9 (9.7)	.88	.90	-.47**	-.23*
Core Disgust	9	1-36	19.8 (8.7)	18.0 (8.6)	21.4 (8.6)	.89	.90	-.09	-.71**
Contamination Disgust	13	2-52	30.0 (10.6)	27.2 (10.6)	32.4 (10.0)	.86	.90	.04	-.51**

Note. M Mean (lower/higher scores = refusal/stronger approval). SD standard deviation. Male N = 1098. Female N = 1251, split-half reliabilities adjusted after Spearman-Brown. Univariate non-normality tests of skewness and kurtosis: ** p < .01. * p < .05.

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