心理治疗中的触摸:在大规模人口调查中的经验,欲望和态度
Michal Tanzer1, Athanasios Koukoutsakis1, Ilia Galouzidi1
1Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, UK.
概括
30%的心理治疗客户报告了治疗性触摸,经常沟通支持. 附着方式影响人们的感知,焦虑的人希望更多地触摸,而避开的人则不那么积极地评价它.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 心理治疗研究 心理治疗研究
- 社会神经科学是一种社会神经科学.
背景情况:
- 社交接触被认为对心理和身体健康有治疗效益.
- 关于心理治疗环境中触摸的具体作用和细微差别的研究有限.
- 了解客户在治疗中接触的经验对于道德和有效的实践至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究心理治疗中治疗性触摸的频率,质量和可取性.
- 探索个人差异,特别是依恋风格,影响客户对触摸的感知.
- 在治疗背景下识别与触摸相关的潜在好处和风险.
主要方法:
- 利用英国对6878名在过去10年内接受心理治疗的个人进行的大规模调查.
- 收集关于治疗性触摸体验感知数量和情感质量的 (积极/消极) 数据.
- 评估触摸的可取性及其与心理特征的关联,如依恋风格.
主要成果:
- 30%的参与者报告说在治疗期间经历了触摸,70%的人认为触摸有助于治疗.
- 一小部分人报告了负面经历 (5%) 或不适当的触摸 (4%).
- 附着方式显著影响了触摸感知:避开的附着与较低的积极评分相关,而焦虑的附着与更高的触摸欲望相关.
结论:
- 治疗性触摸在心理治疗中被使用,客户对触摸的看法通常是积极的,但需要仔细考虑个人差异.
- 这些发现强调需要进一步研究触摸干预在治疗中的潜在益处,风险和伦理实施.
- 客户的依恋风格是导航在心理治疗中使用触摸时需要考虑的重要因素.
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