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Forschungsschwerpunkte

Disgust and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

In this research area, we examine the disorder-maintaining emotion of disgust in contamination-related obsessive-compulsive disorder and how to improve therapeutic strategies for changing pathological disgust experience.

Shame and Social Anxiety Disorders

In this research area, we examine the disorder-maintaining emotion of shame in social anxiety disorder and how to improve therapeutic strategies to change pathological shame experience.

Shame and self-disgust in skin diseases

In this research area, we investigate the disorder-maintaining emotions of shame and self-disgust in skin diseases (particularly psoriasis, dermatitis, and acne vulgaris) and how to improve therapeutic strategies to change pathological emotion experience.

Psychological measurement tools

Here you can find psychological scales developed or translated by our working group.