Disgust Sensitivity and Self-Disgust in Individuals with Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis

Introduction

Disgust is an adaptive basic emotion that promotes avoidance of potential pathogen threats through aversive affect and rejection responses. In chronic inflammatory skin diseases, visible skin alterations may function as contamination cues, yet the role of individual differences in disgust sensitivity and self-disgust (comprising personal and behavioral dimensions) remains largely unexplored.