"So hand in hand they passed": Hand-Holding and Monist Marriage in Paradise Lost

Welshans, Melissa

doi:10.1353/jem.2018.0002

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“…One possibility is that as handholding is more prevalent in society, it is more recognizable and enjoys a familiarity effect [ 52 ]. Holding hands is ubiquitous and even appears in some monkey populations [ 53 ], and features in a variety of cultures: for example, it is mentioned in well known Western cultural texts [ 54 , 55 ], is a popular public gesture of affection in Vietnamese culture [ 56 ], and features in indigenous Taiwanese dances [ 57 ].…”

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I wanna hold your hand: Handholding is preferred over gentle stroking for emotion regulation

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Social touch is an important form of interpersonal emotion regulation. In recent years, the emotion regulation effects of two types of touch have been studied extensively: handholding and stroking (specifically of skin with C-tactile afferents on the forearm, i.e. C-touch). While some studies compare their effectiveness, with mixed results, no study to date has examined which type of touch is subjectively preferred. Given the potential bidirectional communication provided by handholding, we hypothesized that to regulate intense emotions, participants would prefer handholding. In four pre-registered online studies (total N = 287), participants rated handholding and stroking, presented in short videos, as emotion regulation methods. Study 1 examined touch reception preference in hypothetical situations. Study 2 replicated Study 1 while also examining touch provision preferences. Study 3 examined touch reception preferences of participants with blood/injection phobia in hypothetical injection situations. Study 4 examined types of touch participants who have recently given birth recalled receiving during childbirth and their hypothetical preferences. In all studies, participants preferred handholding over stroking; participants who have recently given birth reported receiving handholding more than stroking. This was especially evident in Studies 1–3 in emotionally intense situations. These results demonstrate that handholding is preferred over stroking as a form of emotion regulation, especially in intense situations, and support the importance of two-way sensory communication for emotion regulation via touch. We discuss the results and possible additional mechanisms, including top-down processing and cultural priming.

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I wanna hold your hand: Handholding is preferred over gentle stroking for emotion regulation

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“…We should note that, similarly and in parallel with the first conversation with Archangel Raphael, the rest of Book XI and the whole Book XII, except for the mentioned ending, Adam listens to Archangel Michael foreseeing the future of mankind (cf. Watkins, 2018;Welshans, 2018). In the monologues of both archangels, there are naturally no mentionings about family values.…”

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Interpreting J. Milton’s “Family” Axiology Via Various Russian Translations Of Paradise Lost

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European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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"So hand in hand they passed": Hand-Holding and Monist Marriage in Paradise Lost

Cited by 2 publications

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I wanna hold your hand: Handholding is preferred over gentle stroking for emotion regulation

I wanna hold your hand: Handholding is preferred over gentle stroking for emotion regulation

Interpreting J. Milton’s “Family” Axiology Via Various Russian Translations Of Paradise Lost

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