There is a growing body of empirical support for Rachman's (1994, 2004, 2006)
conceptualization of mental contamination. The aim of this study was to tease apart …

The fear of contamination is thought to be comprised of two separate but related fears: those
pertaining to physical and mental contamination. Previous research on mental …

Recent research on mental contamination (internal, psychological feelings of dirtiness) has
focused primarily on examining the experimental variables necessary to provoke …

Mental contamination refers to feelings of contamination that arise without physical contact
with a contaminant. Mental contamination has been documented among sexual assault …

Abstract Background and Objectives Mental contamination refers to feelings of internal
dirtiness that can arise without physical contact with a contaminant. Previous research has …

It has been suggested that an act of a betrayal by a trusted person is a particularly important
“violation” which can lead to feelings of “mental contamination”. Most experimental research …

An experiment was carried out in order to test the hypothesis that feelings of mental pollution
can be induced without physical contact. A sample of 121 female university undergraduates …

Background The recent expansion of interest in contamination‐related obsessive–
compulsive disorder (OCD) has fostered the description of mental contamination and a …

In order to test the proposition that imagining carrying out an unacceptable non-consensual
act can evoke contamination-related feelings in the perpetrator, 4 connected experiments …

Background and objectives It has recently been identified that feelings of contamination can
arise in the absence of physical contact with a stimulus. This concept, known as 'mental …