DPSS-R
Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Scale-Revised (DPSS-R)
The DPSS-R is a 16-item self-report questionnaire that measures two dimensions of trait disgust: disgust propensity and disgust sensitivity. Propensity refers to how easily or how often a person experiences disgust, while sensitivity describes how unpleasant, worrying, or hard to tolerate this experience is perceived to be. The tool is particularly useful in clinical psychology and research for exploring the role of disgust in specific phobias, fear of blood and injections, contamination concerns, certain obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and various anxiety presentations. Its main value is to assess disgust across situations, without being limited to specific triggering objects or situations, which helps refine the functional analysis and the hypotheses about what maintains the symptoms.
- Number of questions
- 16 questions
- Estimated duration
- 4 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Scale-Revised
- Target audience
- Adults
- Authors
- W. J. M. van Overveld, Peter J. de Jong, Madelon L. Peters, Kate Cavanagh, Graham C. L. Davey (2006)
- Category
- Phobias
Scoring & interpretation
Each item is scored from 1 to 5, from never to always. The disgust propensity score is the sum of items 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 14. The disgust sensitivity score is the sum of items 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 13, 15, and 16. Each subscore ranges from 8 to 40 and the total score from 16 to 80. High scores reflect, respectively, a more frequent tendency to experience disgust and an experience of disgust perceived as more aversive or threatening. Interpretation is preferably based on the two subscores rather than on the total alone. There is no universally accepted diagnostic cutoff for this tool.
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