PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY

Personality Psychology

Personality Psychology

Summary

Mysophobia is common in the United States. Some experts link the growing incidence of this disorder to Americans' general perception of the world as being a dangerous, uncontrollable place. Media coverage of the AIDS epidemic may also be a contributing factor. The increase in hygiene products such as hand sanitizers, portable subway straps and disposable toilet seat covers, is also believed to be a contributor to the rise of mysophobia.

A mysophobia is an overpowering fear that involves an extreme and irrational dread of a certain object, activity, or stimulation. When faced with the object that he or she ...