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Title

  • Main Title Physiological and Psychological Parameters of Human Touch

Creator

  • Author: Kohl, Rita Ann
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Mahoney, John Stanley
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Guarnaccia, Charles J., Jr.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Minor Professor

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: www.unt.edu

Date

  • Creation: 1992-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The purpose of the present study was to investigate a human being's basic responses to being touched by another human being in a nonreactive context and the effects of an illogical rationale on system disorganization. Two hypothesis were put forth: 1 - that persons in similar circumstances who are not touched, and 2 - that persons who are touched for a reason that makes sense will display less psychological and physiological variability than persons who are touched for a reason that makes less sense or, perhaps, is even considered "illofical." Forehead touch was chose. Positive and negative affect scales were utilized to measure psychological reactivity while skin temperature and heart rate were employed to measure psychological reactivity. These hypotheses were not supported in the present study since the expected group by phase interactions were not obtained. Instead, main effects for phase were found, especially for heart rate scores. Many concerns about the nature of the sample and the manipulation itself are discussed.
  • Physical Description: vi, 103 leaves : ill.

Subject

  • Keyword: psychological aspects of touch
  • Keyword: physiological aspects of touch
  • Keyword: system disorganization
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Touch -- Psychological aspects.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Touch -- Physiological effect.

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Kohl, Rita Ann
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 1002717339-Kohl
  • Call Number: 379 N81d no.3602
  • UNT Catalog No.: b1718860
  • OCLC: 29300943
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc332744

Degree

  • Academic Department: Department of Psychology
  • Degree Discipline: Psychology
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Degree Publication Type: disse
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas
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