Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10448305 | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Safety behaviors like cleaning are held to impede positive effects of exposure to contaminants. ⺠An analogue experiment (Rachman et al., 2011) suggested that this may be untrue. ⺠Some potential artifacts from that study were identified and it was critically replicated. ⺠We too observed that cleaning after contamination did not impede exposure effects. ⺠Findings challenge assumptions about the negative impact of safety behaviors on exposure.
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Authors
Marcel A. van den Hout, Iris M. Engelhard, Marieke B.J. Toffolo, Sophie L. van Uijen,