Recent research has identified the important role of disgust in the symptomatology of
obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Exaggerated and inappropriate disgust reactions …

Background and objectives Over the past 25 years Mental Contamination (MC) has become
recognised as a distinct construct, particularly in relation to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder …

Both contact contamination (CC) and mental contamination (MC) fears—which combined
represent the most common manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)—have …

The most common symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is contamination fear.
Feelings of contamination can be provoked through contact with a physical contaminant …

Fear of contamination within obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is traditionally
conceptualized as a physical phenomenon. Research has also supported the notion of …

While extant research underlines the role of disgust in obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) with contamination fear, less research attention has been devoted to moral disgust …

Mental contamination (MC), feeling dirty in the absence of a physical contaminant, has been
linked to the basic emotion of disgust. Both MC and disgust have been associated with …

Contamination fear has always been considered a homogeneous symptom dimension.
Compensatory behaviors (eg, washing) are considered attempts to remove the contagion …

Mental contamination (MC) is an internal feeling of dirtiness without having any direct
contact with a contaminated object/person. Evoking feelings of pollution and a strong urge to …

Disgust propensity (DP) has been conceptualized as a stable personality trait that confers
risk for contamination-related OCD (C-OCD). However, the extent to which DP leads to the …