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| Title | Authors | PubMed ID | |
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| 1 | Obsessive-compulsive symptoms moderate the effect of contamination motion on disgust intensity | Pelzer M; Ouellet-Courtois C; Krause S; Coughtrey A; Fink-Lamotte J; | 40858003 CCRH |
| 2 | Can immorality be contracted? Appraisals of moral disgust and contamination fear | Ouellet-Courtois C; Radomsky AS; | 37270955 PSYCHOLOGY |
| 3 | The unsanitary other and racism during the pandemic: analysis of purity discourses on social media in India, France and United States of America during the COVID-19 pandemic | Desmarais C; Roy M; Nguyen MT; Venkatesh V; Rousseau C; | 36861381 CONCORDIA |
| Title: | Obsessive-compulsive symptoms moderate the effect of contamination motion on disgust intensity | ||||
| Authors: | Pelzer M, Ouellet-Courtois C, Krause S, Coughtrey A, Fink-Lamotte J | ||||
| Link: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40858003/ | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jbtep.2025.102068 | ||||
| Publication: | Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry | ||||
| Keywords: | Contamination fear; Disgust; Looming vulnerability; OCD; Threat perception; | ||||
| PMID: | 40858003 | Category: | Date Added: | 2025-08-27 | |
| Dept Affiliation: |
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1 University of Potsdam, Clinical Psychology, Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany. 2 McGill University Health Centre, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Allan Memorial Institute, 1025 Pine Avenue West, Montréal, QC, H3A 1A1, Canada. 3 Concordia University, Centre for Clinical Research in Health, 7141 Sherbrooke St W, Montréal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada. 4 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Guilford St, London, WC1N 3BH, United Kingdom. 5 University of Potsdam, Clinical Psychology, Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany. Electronic address: jakob.fink-lamotte@uni-potsdam.de. |
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Background: Perceiving a threat as constantly evolving, coming closer and escalating quickly can result in looming vulnerability (LV). LV may be a distal factor in contamination-based OCD (C-OCD) influencing disorder-specific mechanisms such as disgust. The aim of this study was to gain knowledge about three components of LV: speed, proximity and acceleration, and their influence on the relationship between disgust and C-OCD symptoms. Methods: 119 participants with subclinical C-OCD symptoms imagined four out of seven versions of a disgusting bathroom scene, varying in speed (slow/fast), proximity (farther away/closer), and acceleration (constant/exponential). These six dynamic conditions were compared to a static description. T-tests and a Bayesian multilevel model were used to assess differences in perceived dynamics of threat, disgust responses, and to examine the moderating role of C-OCD symptoms on responses to the experimental conditions. Results: Threats in the dynamic conditions were perceived as significantly faster, closer, and more accelerated than in the static version. A difference within dynamic dimensions only emerged between the farther away and closer conditions. The Bayesian model showed a moderating effect of C-OCD symptoms leading to higher levels of disgust in the dynamic conditions, but not within the static condition. Limitations: Without baseline disgust and LV measures, the specific contributions to disgust and LV for each condition remain unclear. Conclusion: By showing that imagining dynamic contamination only elicits stronger disgust in individuals with higher C-OCD symptoms, the results support the idea of LV as a distal factor influencing symptom-maintaining factors in C-OCD such as disgust. |
