Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 43, P. 46 - 53
Published: Sept. 1, 2021
Language: Английский
Royal Society Open Science, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 8(9), P. 210287 - 210287
Published: Sept. 1, 2021
Social touch has positive effects on social affiliation and stress alleviation. However, its ubiquitous presence in human life does not allow the study of deprivation ‘in wild’. Nevertheless, COVID-19-related restrictions such as distancing allowed systematic degree to which affects tactile experiences mental health. In this study, 1746 participants completed an online survey examine intimate, friendly professional during restrictions, their impact health extent results craving touch. We found that intimate is associated with higher anxiety greater loneliness even though type still most experienced pandemic. Moreover, reported craved period, thus being more prominent days practising increase. our also show individuals crave period depends individual differences attachment style: anxiously attached, craved; reverse pattern for avoidantly attached. These findings point important role interpersonal particularly times distress uncertainty.
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12
Published: Jan. 11, 2022
Humans are by nature social beings tuned to communicate and interact from the very beginning of their lives. The sense touch represents most direct intimate channel communication a powerful means connection between self others. In our digital age, development diffusion internet-based technologies virtual environments offer new opportunities overcoming physical distance. It however, happens that interactions often mediated, tactile aspects overlooked, thus diminishing feeling presence, which may contribute an increased disconnection loneliness. current manuscript aims review extant literature about socio-affective dimension advancements in interactive order provide perspective on multisensory communication. Specifically, we suggest interpersonal affective might critically impact exchanges, promoting co-presence individuals, possibly feelings sensory This topic investigation will be crucial relevance theoretical aiming understand how integrate signals processing making this is important both typical atypical populations. Moreover, it pave way promising applications exploring possibility use technical innovations more interactively case people who suffer isolation
Language: Английский
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Cortex, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12(1)
Published: March 10, 2022
Interpersonal touch and affective play a crucial role in social interactions have positive influence on mental health. The distancing regulations implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced ability to engage interpersonal touch. This could cause longing for touch, it might subsequently alter way which is perceived. To investigate this, we conducted an online survey included 1982 participants, contained questions regarding regulations, perceived pleasantness of non-affective Results showed that participants reported feelings significantly increased with duration severity regulations. In addition, who experienced more rated videos as pleasant. Current results provide insight impact sudden prolonged show increasing these associated higher desire observing
Language: Английский
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Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12(1)
Published: March 10, 2022
Depersonalisation is a common dissociative experience characterised by distressing feelings of being detached or 'estranged' from one's self and body and/or the world. The COVID-19 pandemic forcing millions people to socially distance themselves others change their lifestyle habits. We have conducted an online study 622 participants worldwide investigate relationship between digital media-based activities, distal social interactions peoples' sense during lockdown as contrasted with before pandemic. found that increased use activities e-meetings correlated higher depersonalisation. also reporting experiences depersonalisation, reported enhanced vividness negative emotions (as opposed positive emotions). Finally, who influenced life greater extent had occurrences depersonalisation experiences. Our findings may help address key questions regarding well-being lockdown, in general population. points potential risks related overly sedentary, hyper-digitalised habits induce living 'head' (mind), disconnected body,
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14
Published: April 6, 2023
This study aimed to examine depressive symptoms associated with interpersonal sensitivity, sleep quality, and psychological capital among postgraduate students during static campus management after the COVID-19 pandemic in China.Research data were obtained (10-19 April 2022) reappearance of cities eastern China. We collected through an online questionnaire, anonymous self-reported questionnaire included Patient Health Questionnaire, sensitivity subscale Symptom Checklist-90, Psychological Capital Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. analysis variance was performed using t-test ANOVA. The PROCESS macro used determine relationship between depression, together independent serial mediating role quality.A total 2,554 this study. prevalence mild, moderate, severe 30.97, 6.58, 1.45%, respectively. Interpersonal significantly (direct effect = 0.183, p < 0.001). Between symptoms, quality played a single (indirect 0.136 0.100, 0.001, respectively) chain 0.066, 0.001).Interpersonal has significant influence on depression Chinese graduate students. may not only independently mediate but also co-play chain-mediating pathway from depression. Positive interventions guidance be beneficial alleviating symptoms.
Language: Английский
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Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 159, P. 105595 - 105595
Published: Feb. 17, 2024
Trauma can shape the way an individual experiences world and interacts with other people. Touch is a key component of social interactions, but surprisingly little known how trauma exposure influences processing touch. In this review, we examine possible neurobiological pathways through which influence touch lead to aversion avoidance in trauma-exposed individuals. Emerging evidence indicates that may affect sensory thresholds by modulating activity primary cortex posterior insula. Disturbances multisensory integration oxytocin reactivity combined diminished reward-related anxiolytic responses induce bias towards negative appraisal contexts. Furthermore, hippocampus deactivation during reflect dissociative state. These changes depend not only on type severity also features We hypothesise disrupted impair interactions confer elevated risk for future stress-related disorders.
Language: Английский
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BMC Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(1)
Published: March 2, 2024
Abstract Background The spread of the coronavirus has led to significant anxiety among university students, resulting in various mental health problems that could potentially impact their academic performance. Method To examine mediating role emotional regulation and online social support relationships between COVID-19 psychological pressures, depression, fear missing out (FoMO) young adult a cross-sectional research design was employed using an survey. sample consisted 521 full-time students from China, currently enrolled undergraduate postgraduate programs. Results Findings revealed more than half (55.09%, n =287) experienced pressures. These pressures directly contributed increased levels depression ( β = 0.339, p < .001) 0.236, .001). Moreover, exhibited partial effects on association out. results indicated were linked higher depressive symptoms greater students. Conclusions However, provision timely adequate support, as well implementation strategies, mitigated negative pandemic students' well-being. Consequently, this reduced
Language: Английский
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Psychological Medicine, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 54(2), P. 308 - 316
Published: June 5, 2023
Abstract Background Social touch is an integral part of social relationships and has been associated with reward. Major depressive disorder (MDD) characterized by severe impairments in reward processing, but the neural effects MDD are still elusive. In this study, we aimed to determine whether processing altered assess impact antidepressant therapy. Methods Before after treatment, 53 patients 41 healthy controls underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while receiving touch. We compared responses network, behavioral ratings comfort general aversion interpersonal controls. Additionally, examined effect treatment response on those measures. Results Clinical symptoms decreased 43.4% were classified as responders. Patients reported higher lower during fMRI paradigm than showed reduced nucleus accumbens, caudate putamen controls, both before treatment. Contrary our hypotheses, these independent velocity. Non-responders exhibited blunted insula responders, again irrespective time. Conclusions These findings suggest striatal MDD. Persistent dysfunctional despite clinical improvements may constitute a latent risk factor for withdrawal isolation.
Language: Английский
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Published: April 19, 2024
This Element explores how theatre responded to the death and loss produced by COVID-19 pandemic, innovating forms spaces designed support us in grief. It considers grieved for itself, dead, lost ways of living, while also imagining enacting new modes being together. Even as it reckoned with its own demise, endeavoured collectivise grief performing a range functions more commonly associated funerary, health social care services, which buckled under restrictions neglect. These pandemic theatres show cannot only be let mourn over individual losses private, but must seep into public sphere fight save critical institutions, communities art forms, including itself.
Language: Английский
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