Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10448305 Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 2011 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Safety behaviors like cleaning are held to impede positive effects of exposure to contaminants. ► An analogue experiment (Rachman et al., 2011) suggested that this may be untrue. ► Some potential artifacts from that study were identified and it was critically replicated. ► We too observed that cleaning after contamination did not impede exposure effects. ► Findings challenge assumptions about the negative impact of safety behaviors on exposure.
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