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ArticleHealth psychology research2022

"Don't Touch Your Face!" The Contribution of Habit Reversal in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Simone Varrasi, Sabrina Castellano, Giuseppe Alessio Platania, Claudia Savia Guerrera, Pasquale Caponnetto, Concetta Pirrone

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Article in Health psychology research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Simone VarrasiDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Catania.
Sabrina CastellanoDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Catania.
Giuseppe Alessio PlataniaDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Catania.
Claudia Savia GuerreraDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania.
Pasquale CaponnettoDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Catania.
Concetta PirroneDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Catania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Habit Reversal Training (HRT) is a behavioral procedure for treating the so-called nervous habits, such as nail biting, hair pulling and thumb sucking. In addition to being an established clinical procedure, HRT is also a strategy for behavioral change that can serve the entire community. For this reason, this review aims to explore the studies proposing the use of HRT for the reduction of hand-to-face habits in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Touching one's nose, mouth and eyes, indeed, is one of the means of virus transmission that many awareness campaigns seek to highlight. After an overview of how HRT works and of the current epidemiological situation, studies supporting Habit Reversal Training for the reduction of risky hand-to-face habits are presented. The possible strategies are then exposed and critically discussed to identify their limitations and propose a new version according to the Relational Frame Theory.

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COVID-19Habit Reversal Traininghand-to-face habitsprevention

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PMID36425226
PMCPMC9680863

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