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CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction 7 Chapter 2 Do all safety behaviors preserve threat beliefs? 31 Chapter 3 Disconfirming contamination-related threat beliefs by 63 exposure plus safety behavior Chapter 4 Safety behavior increases obsession-related cognitions 93 about the severity of threat Chapter 5 Safety behavior after extinction triggers a return of threat 121 expectancy Chapter 6 Approach behavior as information 145 Chapter 7 Active approach does not add to the effects of in vivo exposure 163 Chapter 8 Discussion 187 Samenvatting 213 (Dutch summary) Dankwoord 221 (acknowledgements) About the author 227