TDDS

Instructions

The following items describe a variety of concepts. Please rate how disgusting you find the concepts described in the items, where 0 means that you do not find the concept disgusting at all, and 6 means that you find the concept extremely disgusting.

Response Options

• 0 (not at all disgusting)
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6 (extremely disgusting)

Questions

• tdds_moral_1: Shoplifting a candy bar from a convenience store
• tdds_moral_2: Stealing from a neighbor
• tdds_moral_3: A student cheating to get good grades
• tdds_moral_4: Deceiving a friend
• tdds_moral_5: Forging someone’s signature on a legal document
• tdds_moral_6: Cutting to the front of a line to purchase the last few tickets to a show
• tdds_moral_7: Intentionally lying during a business transaction
• tdds_sexual_1: Hearing two strangers having sex
• tdds_sexual_2: Performing oral sex
• tdds_sexual_3: Watching a pornographic video
• tdds_sexual_4: Finding out that someone you don’t like has sexualfantasies about you
• tdds_sexual_5: Bringing someone you just met back to your room to have sex
• tdds_sexual_6: A stranger of the opposite sex intentionally rubbing your thigh in an elevator
• tdds_sexual_7: Having anal sex with someone of the opposite sex
• tdds_pathogen_1: Stepping on dog poop
• tdds_pathogen_2: Sitting next to someone who has red sores on their arm
• tdds_pathogen_3: Shaking hands with a stranger who has sweaty palms
• tdds_pathogen_4: Seeing some mold on old leftovers in your refrigerator
• tdds_pathogen_5: Standing close to a person who has body odor
• tdds_pathogen_6: Seeing a cockroach run across the floor
• tdds_pathogen_7: Accidentally touching a person’s bloody cut

Subscales

• tdds_moral
• tdds_sexual
• tdds_pathogen

Scoring

Sum scores on each subscale.

Citation

Tybur, J. M., Lieberman, D., & Griskevicius, V. (2009). Microbes, mating, and morality: Individual differences in three functional domains of disgust. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(1), 103–122. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015474