Sensitivity to Disgust and Perceptions of Natural Bodies of Water and Watercraft Activities

Robert D. Bixler; Gwynn Powell

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Sensitivity to Disgust and Perceptions of Natural Bodies of Water and Watercraft Activities

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Authors:

Robert D. Bixler, Gwynn Powell

Year:

2003

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Psychological Reports 93:73-74

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Abstract

A written 7-item self-report scale on sensitivity to disgust and participation in watercraft activities was administered to 450 seasonal park employees. Correlations indicate that nonparticipation in seven different watercraft sports was weakly related with reactions of disgust to contact with natural bodies of water (r_pbis= -.12 to -32, p

Citation

Bixler, Robert D.; Powell, Gwynn. 2003. Sensitivity to Disgust and Perceptions of Natural Bodies of Water and Watercraft Activities. Psychological Reports 93:73-74