Changing OCD-related feelings of disgust and contamination by cognitive restructuring and imagery modification (CRIM): Test and discussion of an online-application

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100804

Jakob Fink-Lamotte , Annabell Kursim , Cornelia Exner

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Abstract

Contamination fears and disgust are maintaining factors for a range of mental illnesses. To date, there are relatively few evidence-based therapeutic strategies for directly modifying disgust although several studies have demonstrated that both cognitive and imagery strategies can be helpful in changing pathological disgust. Cognitive restructuring and imagery modification (CRIM) is a promising contamination and disgust-specific strategy that has been successfully used in the area of trauma-related disorders. An online study was conducted to investigate whether 102 participants with different levels of obsessive-compulsive symptoms would benefit from using CRIM for reducing disgust and contamination fear compared to a control intervention. Although the results showed no superiority of CRIM over the control intervention, this pre-post study design provides a good basis for a thorough discussion of the methodological difficulties in studying online interventions, especially those with a focus on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In addition, the implications for examining the effectiveness of strategies such as CRIM in an online environment are outlined.

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认知重构和图像修饰（CRIM）改变强迫症相关的厌恶和污染感：一项在线应用程序的测试和讨论

对污染的恐惧和厌恶是导致一系列精神疾病的因素。到目前为止，直接改变厌恶的循证治疗策略相对较少，尽管几项研究表明，认知和意象策略都有助于改变病理性厌恶。认知重构和图像修饰（CRIM）是一种很有前途的污染和厌恶特异性策略，已成功应用于创伤相关疾病领域。进行了一项在线研究，调查与对照干预相比，102名具有不同程度强迫症症状的参与者是否会从使用CRIM来减少厌恶和污染恐惧中受益。尽管研究结果表明CRIM与对照干预相比没有优势，但这种研究前后设计为深入讨论研究在线干预的方法学困难提供了良好的基础，尤其是那些关注强迫症的干预。此外，还概述了在在线环境中检查CRIM等策略的有效性的意义。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

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