Table 1.

Instruments widely used in the disgust sensitivity literature.

instrument	subscale	no. items	highest loading item	interpreted as measuring pathogen avoidance
Disgust Scale–Revised	core	12	It would bother me to see a rat run across my path in a park	yes
	contamination	5	A friend offers you a piece of chocolate shaped like a dog-doo	yes
	animal reminder	8	It would bother me tremendously to touch a dead body	no
Three Domain Disgust Scale	pathogen	7	standing close to a person who has body odour	yes
	sexual	7	bringing someone you just met back to your room to have sex	no (though see [26,27])
	moral	7	forging someone's signature on a legal document/intentionally lying during a business transaction	no (though see [26,27])
Perceived Vulnerability to Disease scale	germ aversion	8	I prefer to wash my hands pretty soon after shaking someone's hand	yes
	perceived infectability	7	In general, I am very susceptible to colds, flu and other infectious diseases	no