Affective touch perception and longing for touch during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 03 2022
10 03 2022
Historique:
received:
26
07
2021
accepted:
15
02
2022
entrez:
11
3
2022
pubmed:
12
3
2022
medline:
19
3
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Interpersonal touch and affective touch play a crucial role in social interactions and have a positive influence on mental health. The social distancing regulations implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced the ability to engage in interpersonal touch. This could cause longing for touch, and it might subsequently alter the way in which affective touch is perceived. To investigate this, we conducted an online survey and included 1982 participants, which contained questions regarding the COVID-19 regulations, longing for touch, and the perceived pleasantness of affective and non-affective touch. Results showed that participants reported feelings of longing for touch. This significantly increased with the duration and severity of the COVID-19 regulations. In addition, participants who experienced more longing for touch rated videos of affective and non-affective touch as more pleasant. Current results provide insight in the impact of sudden and prolonged COVID-19 regulations and show that increasing the duration and severity of these regulations is associated with a higher desire for touch, which is associated with increased perceived pleasantness of observing touch.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35273222
doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07213-4
pii: 10.1038/s41598-022-07213-4
pmc: PMC8913618
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3887Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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