Information technology use influences the manifestation of OCD symptoms

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Evidence demonstrates that information technology and internet usage duration interact with and influence the severity and manifestation of obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

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The claim posits that information technology use influences the manifestation of OCD symptoms. Papers [8] and [9] directly support this by showing statistical associations between internet usage duration and OCD subtypes, and by detailing qualitative evidence of how digital technology features trigger and shape obsessive-compulsive behaviors such as checking and reassurance-seeking. No papers refute this claim.

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Latent profile analysis of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and its relationship with the Big Five Personality Inventory among college students.

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Wang Y, Wang S, Zhang P, Zheng Z, Yao Y. Latent profile analysis of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and its relationship with the Big Five Personality Inventory among college students.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04365-0

This study found that daily internet usage duration is a significant predictor of obsessive-compulsive symptom subtypes among college students.

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Interactions of Technology and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptomatology in Adults: Qualitative Interview Study.

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Occhino-Moede L, Sulivan-Pascual K, Phelan K, Wang H, Mokhtar D, Liu E, Schug E, Mirkis M, Baek T, Visher T, Pasupulety U, Frank AC. Interactions of Technology and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptomatology in Adults: Qualitative Interview Study.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.2196/85033

This qualitative interview study demonstrates that features of information technology (such as search engines and social media) act as triggers and shape obsessive-compulsive symptom cycles like checking and reassurance-seeking.

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judged → SUPPORTED · 7501 Aug 2026

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