Marketing Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
J Anxiety Disord. 2011 Apr;25(3):319-25. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.10.004. Epub 2010 Oct 28.
The Multi-Dimensional Blood Phobia Inventory (MBPI; Wenzel & Holt, 2003) is the only instrument available that assesses both disgust and anxiety for blood-phobic stimuli. As inflated levels of disgust propensity (i.e., tendency to experience disgust more readily) are often observed in blood phobia, the MBPI appears a promising instrument for disgust research. First, we examined its psychometric properties. Next, it was examined whether disgust sensitivity (i.e., considering experiencing disgust as something horrid) had added predictive value compared to disgust propensity in blood phobia. Therefore, students and university employees (N = 616) completed the MBPI, indices on blood phobia, disgust propensity and sensitivity. The MBPI proved to be reliable and valid. Further, it correlated moderately to high with disgust propensity and sensitivity. Additionally, disgust propensity and sensitivity were both significant predictors for blood phobia. In conclusion, the MBPI appears a valuable addition to the currently available arsenal of indices to investigate blood phobia.
多维血液恐惧症量表（MBPI；Wenzel & Holt，2003）是唯一可用的评估血液恐惧症刺激引起的厌恶和焦虑的工具。由于血液恐惧症患者常表现出过高的厌恶倾向（即更容易体验到厌恶），因此 MBPI 似乎是研究厌恶的一种很有前途的工具。首先，我们检验了它的心理测量特性。接下来，我们检验了与厌恶倾向相比，厌恶敏感性（即，认为体验到厌恶是一件可怕的事情）在血液恐惧症中是否具有额外的预测价值。因此，学生和大学员工（N=616）完成了 MBPI、血液恐惧症指标、厌恶倾向和敏感性的指标。MBPI 被证明是可靠和有效的。此外，它与厌恶倾向和敏感性都有中度到高度的相关性。此外，厌恶倾向和敏感性都是血液恐惧症的重要预测因素。总之，MBPI 似乎是目前可用于研究血液恐惧症的指标的有力补充。
