The "Longing for Interpersonal Touch Picture Questionnaire": Development of a new measurement for touch perception.
Depression
Gender
Partnership
Touch deprivation
Touch perception
Journal
International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie
ISSN: 1464-066X
Titre abrégé: Int J Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0107305
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2020
Jun 2020
Historique:
received:
12
12
2018
accepted:
05
08
2019
pubmed:
28
8
2019
medline:
16
7
2020
entrez:
28
8
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Touch is a crucial factor of physiological and psychological health in humans. A lack of touch in contrast is associated with adverse implications on mental health. A new "Longing for Interpersonal Touch Picture Questionnaire (LITPQ)" was developed and tested for its concurrent, predictive, discriminant and face validity as well as its relation to psychological distress. Six different types of touch were depicted and touch frequency and touch wish concerning different interaction partners assessed. A sample of 110 participants aged 18-56 years completed the LITPQ as well as an existing touch deprivation questionnaire and a questionnaire on mental health. Frequency and wish for touch were higher for close interaction partners than for strangers. For 72.7% of the participants, their touch wish exceeded the reported touch frequency. The LITPQ correlated moderately with the existing questionnaire for touch deprivation and was independent of relationship status or gender but positively correlated with depressiveness, anxiety and somatization. Measuring longing for touch is a very complex task considering the many aspects of subjective touch perception and confounds in the method of self-report of touch. In our view, the LITPQ provides promising insights into this matter.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
446-455Informations de copyright
© 2019 The Authors. International Journal of Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Union of Psychological Science.
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