
Correlations between inborn (constituional) disgust propensity, dynamics of personality disorders and development of contamination fear in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were studied in 54 patients with milder forms of mysophobia. Three types of contamination fear characterized by different combinations of disgust propensity and personality traits were singled out. Clinical features of OCD were shown to correspond to premorbid personality while denotative characteristics of OCD were correlated with constituional phenomenon of disgust propensity. The results suggest that disgust propensity is a stable personality dimension contributing to the development of contamination fear.
Adult, Male, Young Adult, Personality Development, Phobic Disorders, Compulsive Personality Disorder, Humans, Female
Adult, Male, Young Adult, Personality Development, Phobic Disorders, Compulsive Personality Disorder, Humans, Female
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