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. 2022 Sep 20;87(5):1454–1465. doi: 10.1007/s00426-022-01742-3

Table 1.

Correlation matrix disgust sensitivity (DS-R) and subscales, Perceived vulnerability to disease (PVD) and subscales and all interpersonal touch related ratings (30 cm/s [non-affective touch] and 3 cm/s [affective touch]

Core disgust Animal-reminder disgust Contamination disgust PVD total Perceived infectability Germ Aversion Pleasantness (30 cm/s) Pleasantness (3 cm/s) Disgust (30 cm/s) Disgust (3 cm/s) Cleaning desire (30 cm/s) Cleaning desire (3 cm/s)
DS-R total r ,847** ,801** ,692** ,334** 0,174 ,428** – 0,185 – 0,222 0,243 0,236 ,344** ,296*
95%CI min 0,764 0,709 0,535 0,103 – 0,081 0,184 – 0,401 – 0,456 – 0,019 – 0,028 0,102 0,051
95% CI max 0,909 0,871 0,795 0,559 0,428 0,620 0,027 0,043 0,495 0,465 0,569 0,526
Core D r ,428** ,515** ,272* 0,155 ,332** – ,304* – 0,158 0,184 0,182 ,340** ,263*
95%CI min 0,216 0,308 0,057 – 0,073 0,084 – 0,535 – 0,401 – 0,079 – 0,078 0,103 0,024
95% CI max 0,616 0,669 0,474 0,381 0,535 – 0,052 0,110 0,416 0,410 0,555 0,474
Animal D r ,357** 0,209 0,071 ,318* – 0,017 – 0,233 0,245 ,257* ,266* 0,250
95%CI min 0,108 – 0,059 – 0,205 0,081 – 0,257 – 0,445 – 0,009 0,002 0,005 – 0,014
95% CI max 0,566 0,467 0,351 0,535 0,236 0,031 0,499 0,479 0,511 0,488
Contam. D r ,364** 0,237 ,405** -0,090 – 0,103 0,062 0,144 0,183 0,146
95%CI min 0,102 -0,035 0,170 -0,299 – 0,328 – 0,221 – 0,139 – 0,075 – 0,130
95% CI max 0,576 0,466 0,602 0,130 0,134 0,338 0,416 0,445 0,420
PVD total r ,890** ,802** – 0,171 0,071 0,217 0,079 0,225 0,210
95%CI min 0,823 0,718 – 0,382 – 0,228 – 0,046 – 0,202 – 0,062 – 0,049
95% CI max 0,938 0,870 0,054 0,333 0,441 0,342 0,464 0,471
Infectability r ,441** – 0,180 0,177 0,092 – 0,081 0,074 0,068
95%CI min 0,239 – 0,431 – 0,090 – 0,166 – 0,346 – 0,193 – 0,195
95% CI max 0,628 0,061 0,413 0,328 0,198 0,318 0,346
Germ Avers r – 0,099 – 0,091 0,251 0,167 ,291* 0,250
95%CI min – 0,340 – 0,380 – 0,006 – 0,098 – 0,003 – 0,013
95% CI max 0,141 0,191 0,495 0,421 0,531 0,473
Pl. 30 r – 0,040 – ,294* 0,115 – ,377** – 0,107
95%CI min – 0,271 – 0,529 – 0,152 – 0,591 – 0,368
95% CI max 0,197 – 0,020 0,372 – 0,111 0,164
Pl. 3 r – 0,169 – ,603** – ,271* – ,501**
95%CI min – 0,410 – 0,775 – 0,510 – 0,707
95% CI max 0,096 – 0,398 – 0,005 – 0,253
D. 30 r ,538** ,711** ,559**
95%CI min 0,288 0,501 0,305
95% CI max 0,720 0,867 0,765
D 3 r ,513** ,768**
95%CI min 0,247 0,601
95% CI max 0,710 0,886
Clean 30 r ,732**
95%CI min 0,533
95% CI max 0,861

Correlations are performed using Pearson Coefficient for Pleasantness ratings and Spearman’s Rho for Disgust and Arm-Cleaning Desire. Data are Bootstrapped and the 95% CI corridor is reported.; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.005