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Trypophobia is predicted by disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort
Trypophobia refers to disgust for a cluster of objects, and is considered an extension of disgust for dangerous objects. Furthermore, trypophobic images possess certain spatial properties that can induce perceptually unpleasant states (i.e., visual discomfort). We examined whether trypophobia is ass...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5005243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27652025 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-3149-6 |
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author | Imaizumi, Shu Furuno, Manami Hibino, Haruo Koyama, Shinichi |
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description | Trypophobia refers to disgust for a cluster of objects, and is considered an extension of disgust for dangerous objects. Furthermore, trypophobic images possess certain spatial properties that can induce perceptually unpleasant states (i.e., visual discomfort). We examined whether trypophobia is associated with disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort. Japanese adults (n = 126) completed four scales: the Trypophobia Questionnaire, which measures trypophobia proneness; the Disgust Scale-Revised, which measures disgust sensitivity; the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, which measures empathic traits; and the Visual Discomfort Scale, which measures proneness to visual discomfort. Trypophobia proneness was found to be predicted by Core disgust sensitivity (i.e., threat of disease), Personal Distress (i.e., the empathic trait of self-oriented emotional distress), and proneness to visual discomfort. We suggest a number of potential factors relating to individual differences in trypophobia and the possible cognitive and perceptual mechanisms underlying trypophobia. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40064-016-3149-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-50052432016-09-20 Trypophobia is predicted by disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort Imaizumi, Shu Furuno, Manami Hibino, Haruo Koyama, Shinichi Springerplus Short Report Trypophobia refers to disgust for a cluster of objects, and is considered an extension of disgust for dangerous objects. Furthermore, trypophobic images possess certain spatial properties that can induce perceptually unpleasant states (i.e., visual discomfort). We examined whether trypophobia is associated with disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort. Japanese adults (n = 126) completed four scales: the Trypophobia Questionnaire, which measures trypophobia proneness; the Disgust Scale-Revised, which measures disgust sensitivity; the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, which measures empathic traits; and the Visual Discomfort Scale, which measures proneness to visual discomfort. Trypophobia proneness was found to be predicted by Core disgust sensitivity (i.e., threat of disease), Personal Distress (i.e., the empathic trait of self-oriented emotional distress), and proneness to visual discomfort. We suggest a number of potential factors relating to individual differences in trypophobia and the possible cognitive and perceptual mechanisms underlying trypophobia. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40064-016-3149-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer International Publishing 2016-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5005243/ /pubmed/27652025 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-3149-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Short Report Imaizumi, Shu Furuno, Manami Hibino, Haruo Koyama, Shinichi Trypophobia is predicted by disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort |
title | Trypophobia is predicted by disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort |
title_full | Trypophobia is predicted by disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort |
title_fullStr | Trypophobia is predicted by disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort |
title_full_unstemmed | Trypophobia is predicted by disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort |
title_short | Trypophobia is predicted by disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort |
title_sort | trypophobia is predicted by disgust sensitivity, empathic traits, and visual discomfort |
topic | Short Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5005243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27652025 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-3149-6 |
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