It's not so much about what you touch: Mental contamination mediates the relationship between feared self-perceptions and contact contamination
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2020.100507
Abstract: Abstract Contamination concerns are among the most common symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Research has recently focused on mental contamination, defined as feelings of dirtiness and/or washing behaviour arising in the absence of direct contact… read more here.
Keywords: contact contamination; self perceptions; feared self; contamination ... See more keywords
Manipulating feared self-perceptions in an analogue sample using virtual reality and its impact on harm-related intrusions and urges to neutralise
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2020.100585
Abstract: Abstract Cognitive-behavioural theories of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have recently focused on the potential causal role of vulnerable self-themes, suggesting that the idea or fear of who one could be or become may specifically cause OCD… read more here.
Keywords: feared self; obsessive compulsive; self perceptions; harm ... See more keywords