Too much of a good thing? Hand hygiene and the long-term course of contamination-related obsessive-compulsive symptoms

Too much of a good thing? Hand hygiene and the long-term course of contamination-related obsessive-compulsive symptoms

Increased hygiene behavior may be a factor in the development of contamination-related obsessive-compulsive symptoms (C-OCS). We aimed at investigating (1) the course of C-OCS over 1 year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and (2) the effects of changes in hand hygiene (i.e., duration and freq...

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Main Authors: Lena Jelinek, Anja S. Göritz, Franziska Miegel, Lea Schuurmans, Steffen Moritz, Amir H. Yassari, Jana Christina Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
mental health
public health
SARS-CoV-2
C19
hygiene
safety behavior
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1279639/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1279639/full

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