Profanity as a Self-Defense Mechanism and an Outlet for Emotional Catharsis in Stress, Anxiety, and Depression.

Depress Res Treat · 2023 · PMC10171984 · PMID 37181488

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Background Swearing is an increasing trend among men and women worldwide.

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The developers reported strong validity (communalities for all the items ranged between 0.58 and 0.87), and excellent reliability ( α = 0.967; item-total and item-scale correlations were highly significant at 0.001 level) for the scale.

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