Body Perception in Relation to Muscular Tone at Rest and Tactile Sensitivity to Tickle
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 56 (3) , 799-806
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1983.56.3.799
Abstract
Two aspects of body image (body perception and body acceptance), muscle tone at test, and disposition to perceive positively connoted stimuli (tickle) were studied with 35 female subjects. Our hypothesized relation of muscle tension and body perception was confirmed by an inverse correlation between these variables. Also evident was the link of the good acceptance of the body with the disposition to perceive pleasurable stimuli (tickle perception) longer and the link of level of body awareness and resistance to change (latency to tickle). Also a direct relationship between body perception and body acceptance emerged.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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