Disgust Toward Sex-Relevant and Sex-Irrelevant Stimuli in Pre-, Early, and Middle Adolescence

Figures & data

Table 1. Groups as a Function of Age

			Participants (N = 139)
			Male (n = 65)	Female (n = 74)
Age Name	Age Group	Age in Years	n	n
Study 1
	0	6–8	7	17
Preadolescence group	1	9–11	23	23
Early adolescence group	2	12–14	25	19
Middle adolescence group	3	15–17	10	15
			Participants (N = 109)
			Male (n = 46)	Female (n = 63)
Age Name	Age Group	Age in Years	n	n
Study 2
Preadolescence group	1	9–11	12	16
Early adolescence group	2	12–14	22	36
Middle adolescence group	3	15–17	12	11

Note. Groups for Study 1 and Study 2 as a function of age split by sex.

Table 2. Mean Values of Disgust Type × Age Group in Parent, Best Friend, and Stranger Disgust

	Age Group
Type	1 (nine to 11 years)	2 (12 to 14 years)	3 (15 to 17 years)
Sex-irrelevant disgust
Parent	43.92 (22.22)	55.82 (20.59)	43.54 (21.94)
Best friend	53.43 (22.05)	60.48 (21.52)	43.89 (23.33)
Stranger	66.50 (21.54)	73.21 (15.71)	61.50 (22.72)
Sex-relevant disgust
Parent	21.19 (25.18)	40.62 (29.98)	32.80 (28.93)
Best friend	38.39 (29.53)	36.87 (26.91)	21.31 (24.26)
Stranger	56.53 (34.60)	54.25 (27.99)	41.56 (27.33)

Note. In the first column, we have the persons (parent, best friend, and stranger) indicating different levels of familiarity, and the second, third, and fourth columns represent the three different age groups (1 = nine to 11 years, preadolescence; 2 = 12 to 14 years, early adolescence; 3 = 15 to 17 years, middle adolescence). The top part of the table shows the scores for the dimension of sex-irrelevant disgust and the bottom part of the table shows the scores for the dimension of sex-relevant disgust. Standard deviations are given in parentheses.

Figure 1. Three-way interaction of Disgust type × Familiarity × Age group. Upper graphic represents means of sex-irrelevant disgust with 95% confidence intervals. Lower graphic represents means of sex-relevant disgust with 95% confidence intervals.

Table A1. Study 1, Age Group 0: Mean Values of Disgust Type × Level of Familiarity

Disgust Type	Level of Familiarity
	Parental Disgust	Best Friend Disgust	Stranger Disgust
Sex-irrelevant disgust	37.31 (20.70)	55.56 (25.60)	79.46 (17.32)
Sex-relevant disgust	6.75 (10.93)	39.54 (33.06)	61.95 (32.66)

Note. Standard deviations are given in parentheses.

Table A2. Study 1, Age Group 0: Main Effects of the Mixed-Factor Analysis

	Degrees of Freedom	F Value	Effect Size ηp^2	p Value
Disgust type	1, 225	163.96	.422	< .001**
Familiarity	1.9, 428.22	159.88	.415	< .001**
Sex	1, 225	5.49	.024	.02*
Country	1, 225	29.07	.114	< .001**
Age group	3, 225	5.18	.065	.002*

*p < .05; **p < .001.

Table A3. Study 1, Age Group 0: Relevant Interaction Effects of the Mixed-Factor Analysis

	Degrees of Freedom	F Value	Effect Size ηp^2	p Value
Disgust type × Sex	1, 225	1.68	.007	.197
Disgust type × Country	1, 225	.004	.000	.950
Disgust type × Age	3, 225	.98	.013	.402
Disgust type × Familiarity × Age group	5.77, 432.97	3.59	.046	.002*
Disgust type × Familiarity × Age group × Sex	5.77, 432.97	.25	.003	.957

*p < .05.

Table A4. Study 1, Age Group 0: Follow-Up One-Way ANOVAs of Disgust Type × Age Group

	Degrees of Freedom	F Value	Effect Size ηp^2	p Value
Parental disgust	3, 241	5.37	.063	.001*
Best friend disgust	3, 240	2.05	.025	.107
Stranger disgust	3, 240	2.15	.026	.095

*p < .05.