心理学
移情
心理信息
感知
唤醒
排斥
皮肤电导
认知心理学
发展心理学
社会心理学
神经科学
医学
梅德林
政治学
法学
生物医学工程
作者
Valentina Silvestri,Michelle Giraud,Viola Macchi Cassia,Elena Nava
出处
期刊:Emotion
[American Psychological Association]
日期:2023-11-20
卷期号:24 (4): 913-922
被引量:3
摘要
In mammals, including humans, affective touch (AT) supports the establishment and maintenance of social connections and mitigates the effects of social conflict and ostracism. AT is used to describe slowly moving, low-forced mechanical stimulation that is frequently perceived as pleasant. In humans, AT has been addressed particularly for its role in promoting bonding and emotional regulation during early development; however, more recent studies have suggested that AT also preserves physical and emotional well-being in adulthood. Here, we investigated whether AT can buffer adults' experience of negative emotions as reflected in their behavioral and physiological responses to emotionally arousing stimuli. Participants were stimulated on their forearms using AT or tapping (T) while they viewed a series of emotionally arousing and neutral images, and we measured their skin conductance response and their explicit rating of the images' unpleasantness. We found that AT, but not T, reduced the arousal and perceived unpleasantness of the emotional stimuli but not the neutral ones, revealing the soothing role of AT in emotional contexts. The second aim of the study was to explore the possibility that AT might benefit some individuals more than others, according to their individual differences. To this aim, we assessed individuals' empathy and sensory processing sensitivity, as well as their perception of AT itself. Results revealed that while empathy did not predict changes in emotional processing irrespective of tactile stimulation, individuals with higher sensitivity reported AT as less pleasant. We discuss the possible factors mediating the observed interindividual variability in AT perception. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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