Affective touch perception and longing for touch during the COVID-19 pandemic

Meijer, Larissa L; Hasenack, Birgit; Kamps, J C C; Mahon, Andy; Titone, Giulia; Dijkerman, H. Chris; Keizer, Anouk

doi:10.1038/s41598-022-07213-4

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“…At the same time, E-coral is regarded as empathetic and caring and helps induce calm. This reflection echoes the findings of Meijer et al [70], which suggest that people's need for affective touch increases during the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe there is a need to further the research on tactile and haptic interaction to satisfy people's psychological and emotional needs.…”

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Autobiographical Design for Emotional Durability through Digital Transformable Fashion and Textiles

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To promote a resilient user-product relationship for sustainable fashion, design methods for emotional durability are required. Digitally transformable fashion design can be seen as a practical approach that enables dynamic, sensory, experiential, and emotional interaction. Literature shows that features of transformable fashion and textiles, such as versatility, perceived quality, biomorphic forms, and aesthetics, can induce emotional durability in users. However, mainstream works are conducted from function-oriented and technology-led perspectives, neglecting the significance of fashion design as a creative and affective role. To fill the gap, we present exhaustive accounts of two autobiographical design projects as case studies: Pneum-Muscle, a body-worn pneumatic wearable, and E-coral, an artistic interactive textile installation. We utilised the first-person soma design method to facilitate the iterative design and unfold the emotional connection between the user and the materials. We contribute technology-embedded fashion design strategies to inspire novice fashion designers, which involve dynamic draping, ambiguous cutting, and sewing technique-based pneumatic systems. Design guidelines generated can shed new light on the artistic use of technologies, somatic design, and the emotionally durable design approach.

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“…After quarantine, participants' desire to be with others decreased significantly (average difference: , slope: -0.22 ± 0.05, p < 0.001, LMM)), and their interactions with distant companions became more frequent (average difference: , slope: 0.12 ± 0.02, p < 0.001, LMM), as shown in Fig 4 . These findings suggest that when social constraints were removed, participants interacted with more people, which may have satisfied their desire to be with others, resulting in a decreased desire for further interactions with others. This result is consistent with recent EMA studies conducted during COVID-19 pandemic which showed that after months of lockdown, people felt socially isolated and expressed desire for more social interactions (Meijer et al, 2022).…”

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Effect of Quarantine and Trait-Anxiety on Affect and Decision Making

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2022

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Our study seeks to provide insight on the expression of trait anxiety on momentary trait anxiety by understanding how quarantine-related constraints, mainly stemming from social deprivation, impact mood and decision making in young adults returning to college campus when COVID case load was reduced. Furthermore, this study provides the opportunity to examine whether the removal of such constraints post-quarantine can alter emotional well-being and reward-based decision making; and, if the effect of social constraints on mood or the recovery post release is impacted by trait anxiety. To this end, we carried out a 10-day long ecological momentary assessment (EMA) based study, during and post quarantine period, which assessed affect, happiness, sleep quality, anxiety and explore/exploit decision making using a previously validated patch foraging game.

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“…Finally, no significant associations were found between COVID-19 related variables and TBQ factor scores. The social distancing regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced the ability to engage in interpersonal touch and this may alter the way in which affective touch is perceived [ 49 ]. A possible interpretation is that subjects’ pandemic-related experiences do not appear to have affected individual perceptions across the lifespan, suggesting that TBQ measures a relatively stable perception of affective touch experiences held by the individuals.…”

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Tactile Biography Questionnaire: A contribution to its validation in an Italian sample

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As the interest in the beneficial effects of positive touch experiences is rapidly growing, having reliable and valid tools to its assessment is essential. The Tactile Biography Questionnaire (TBQ) allows to quantify individual differences in affective touch experiences throughout life. The aim of this article is to present a contribution to its validation in the Italian population. Data analysis were run on a sample of 2040 Italian individuals (Females = 1342, 64%) participating in an on-line survey. Confirmatory Factor Analysis and invariance analyses for gender were applied. Concurrent validity was checked using two specific subscales of the Touch Avoidance Questionnaire (TAQ—i.e., Family and Stranger). The four-dimensional structure of the TBQ was confirmed in the overall sample and by gender. Also, the TBQ showed an excellent internal consistency and a good concurrent validity with TAQ. The present study suggests that the TBQ can be used to support healthcare professionals and researchers to assess experiences of affective touch in different settings.

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Affective touch perception and longing for touch during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 30 publications

References 31 publications

Autobiographical Design for Emotional Durability through Digital Transformable Fashion and Textiles

Autobiographical Design for Emotional Durability through Digital Transformable Fashion and Textiles

Effect of Quarantine and Trait-Anxiety on Affect and Decision Making

Tactile Biography Questionnaire: A contribution to its validation in an Italian sample

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