Table 3.

Dysfunctional and Functional Beliefs Related to COVID-19 in Participants with OCD (n = 387), Rated on a 5-Point Likert Scale Ranging from 1 = Does not apply at all to 5 = Totally applies.

	Non-Washers (n = 167)		Washers (n = 220)		Group Comparison		Total Sample (n = 387) (results for washers are in square brackets)
Item	M	SD	M	SD	Cohen’s d [CI95%]	Statistics	Correlation with the change in severity of OCD
Other people are now realizing how dangerous viruses and germs are.	2.59	1.22	3.54	1.33	0.74 [0.532–0.948]	t(385) = 7.249, p < .001	r = .219, p < .001 [r = .194, p = .004]
Coronavirus is the result of people being very careless about hygiene.	1.81	1.06	2.53	1.36	0.581 [0.376–0.786]	t(384.7) = 5.894, p < .001	r = .180, p < .001 [r = .208, p = .002]
My fears about the dangers in the world are confirmed.	2.47	1.30	3.04	1.40	0.42 [0.216–0.623]	t(385) = 4.093, p < .001	r = .291, p < .001 [r = .320, p < .001]
The threat associated with coronavirus makes me realize how exaggerated my compulsions are.	2.12	1.21	2.23	1.14	0.094 [−0.107–0.295]	t(385) = 0.935, p = .350	r = −.060, p = .237 [r = −.191, p = .004]
Coronavirus does not frighten me as much as I thought it would.	2.78	1.27	2.72	1.43	−0.044 [−0.245–0.157]	t(375.7) = 0.437, p = .663	r = −.310, p < .001 [r = −.355, p < .001]
Coronavirus frightens me less than other people around me.	2.74	1.32	2.47	1.38	−0.199 [−0.401–0.002]	t(385) = 1.943, p = .053	r = −.260, p < .001 [r = −.333, p < .001]
The general panic about the coronavirus calms me down.	2.14	1.34	2.29	1.34	0.112 [−0.089–0.131]	t(385) = 1.040, p = .299	r = −.116, p = .022 [r =− .137, p = .042]
Coronavirus has also increased some of my other fears.	3.17	1.48	3.31	1.44	0.096 [−0.105–0.297]	t(385) = 0.907, p = .365	r = .364, p < .001 [r = .359, p < .001]
I believe that the coronavirus is unmanageable.	2.32	1.15	2.65	1.15	0.287 [0.085–0.489]	t(385) = 2.764, p = .006	r = .180, p < .001 [r = .245, p < .001]