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Table 3 Pearson correlations, means and standard deviations of emotion measures

From: Emotional predictors of bowel screening: the avoidance-promoting role of fear, embarrassment, and disgust

Measure

Mean

SD

Faecal disgust

Insertion disgust

Fear of outcome

Embarrassment

EBBS subscales:

ā€ƒFaecal disgust

1.98

0.98

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒInsertion disgust

2.09

1.05

0.80*

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒFear of outcome

1.80

0.94

0.51*

0.51*

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒEmbarrassment

1.95

1.02

0.78*

0.74*

0.51*

Ā 

DS-R subscales:

ā€ƒCore

2.05

0.67

0.44*

0.40*

0.23*

0.42*

ā€ƒAnimal-reminder

1.62

0.78

0.43*

0.38*

0.29*

0.36*

ā€ƒContamination

1.40

0.80

0.39*

0.37*

0.27*

0.33*

DPSS-R subscales:

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒPropensity

2.58

0.52

0.46*

0.42*

0.32*

0.39*

ā€ƒSensitivity

1.97

0.62

0.39*

0.38*

0.32*

0.40*

DES subscales:

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒFear

5.87

2.38

0.24*

0.26*

0.21*

0.29*

ā€ƒDisgust

5.56

1.93

0.36*

0.42*

0.34*

0.32*

ā€ƒShame

6.11

2.18

0.31*

0.31*

0.29*

0.29*

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