The perception of affective touch in women affected by obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pleasant and comforting bodily contacts characterized intimate and affective interactions. Affective touch informs us about others' emotions and intentions, sustains intimacy and closeness, protecting from loneliness and psychological distress. Previous evidence points to an altered experience of affective touch in clinical populations reporting interpersonal difficulties. However, there is no investigation of affective touch in obesity, which is often associated with negative affective-relational experiences since childhood.

Methods

This study aimed to provide the first evidence about the experience of affective touch in obesity by comparing 14 women with obesity with 14 women with healthy weight. Participants rated the pleasantness of both imagined and actual

SUBMITTER: Tagini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10493281 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature