Abstract
Self-disgust is a distinct self-conscious emotion schema that is characterized by disgust appraisals directed towards the self. Recent studies have demonstrated the negative effects of self-disgust on physical and mental health, but little is known about the psychological characteristics that are associated with self-disgust experiences. The present study assessed the direct and indirect effects of impulsivity, self-regulation, and emotion regulation on self-disgust. Overall, 294 participants (M age = 21.84 years, SD = 4.56) completed structured and anonymous measures of trait impulsivity, self-regulation, emotion regulation strategies, and self-disgust. Path analysis showed that non-planning impulsivity and expressive suppression (positively) and cognitive reappraisal and self-regulation (negatively) predicted self-disgust. Intervening variable analysis showed that attentional and non-planning impulsivity had significant indirect effects on self-disgust via emotional regulation strategies and self-regulation. Our findings provide, for the first time, evidence about the association between self-disgust and individual differences in impulsivity, self-regulation, and emotion regulation, and have implications for the psychological phenomena that may lead to self-disgust experiences in non-clinical populations.
Highlights
The attention subscale of the Abbreviated Impulsiveness Scale (ABIS) was positively associated with physical, rs = 0.14, p < .05, and behavioural, rs = 0.14, p < .05, self-disgust
Research interest on the association between self-disgust and psychopathology has significantly increased over the last 7 years (e.g., Brake et al 2017; Ille et al 2014; Overton et al 2008), there is a paucity of research on the psychological phenomena and processes that may elicit self-disgust responses (Powell et al 2014, 2015)
The present study assessed the association between self-regulation, emotion regulation, trait impulsivity, and self-disgust, and examined different hypotheses with respect to these associations
Summary
Despite the abundance of studies on the effects of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression on various aspects of human functioning, there is limited evidence about the effects of those emotion regulation strategies on the experience of self-conscious emotions, such as selfdisgust. A cross-sectional, correlational, survey-based design was used to measure the associations between demographic characteristics (age, gender, and nationality), impulsivity, emotion regulation, self-regulation, and self-disgust.
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