The Effects of Verbal Disgust- and Threat-Related Information about Novel Animals on Disgust and Fear Beliefs and Avoidance in Children

Autor/inn/en	Muris, Peter; Huijding, Jorg; Mayer, Birgit; Leemreis, Willem; Passchier, Stefanie; Bouwmeester, Samantha
Titel	The Effects of Verbal Disgust- and Threat-Related Information about Novel Animals on Disgust and Fear Beliefs and Avoidance in Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38 (2009) 4, S.551-563 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
Schlagwörter	Animals; Pathology; Coping; Etiology; Fear; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Emotional Response; Children; Early Adolescents; Correlation; Anxiety; Verbal Communication; Foreign Countries; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Gender Differences; Pictorial Stimuli; Netherlands; Fear Survey Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Animal; Tier; Tiere; Pathologie; Bewältigung; Ätiologie; Furcht; Emotionales Verhalten; Child; Kind; Kinder; Korrelation; Angst; Ausland; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Geschlechterkonflikt; Fantasieanregung; Niederlande
Abstract	Disgust is a basic emotion that is thought to play a role in the etiology of certain types of specific phobias, like animal phobias. Two experiments were conducted in which 9- to 14-year-old children were exposed to disgust-related, cleanliness-related, and threat-related information about unknown animals. It was investigated to what extent these types of information influenced children's fear beliefs, feelings of disgust, and avoidance behavior in relation to the animals. Most important, results suggested a bidirectional relationship between disgust and fear. That is, disgust-related information was found to promote fear beliefs, and conversely threat-related information enhanced feelings of disgust. Repercussions of these findings for the role of disgust in the development and maintenance of anxiety pathology are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10