TY - JOUR
T1 - Trypophobia as an urbanized emotion
T2 - Comparative research in ethnic minority regions of China
AU - Zhu, Siqi
AU - Sasaki, Kyoshiro
AU - Jiang, Yue
AU - Qian, Kun
AU - Yamada, Yuki
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (15H05709, 16H01866, 17H00875, 17H06342, 17J05236, 18H04199, 18K12015 and 19K14482). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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The following grant information was disclosed by the authors: JSPS KAKENHI: 15H05709, 16H01866, 17H00875, 17H06342, 17J05236, 18H04199, 18K12015 and 19K14482.
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Copyright © 2020 Zhu et al.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Trypophobia is a strong emotion of disgust evoked by clusters of holes or round objects (e.g., lotus seed pod). It has become increasingly popular and been studied since 2010s, mainly in the West and Japan. Considering this, trypophobia might be a modern emotion, and hence urbanization possibly plays key roles in trypophobia. To address this issue, we compared the degree of trypophobia between urban and less urban people in China. In an experiment, we asked participants about their degree of discomfort from trypophobic images. The results showed that trypophobia occurred in both groups, although the effect size was larger in urban than less urban people. Moreover, post-experimental interviews and post-hoc analyses revealed that older people in less urban area did not experience as much trypophobia. Our findings suggest that trypophobia links to urbanization and age-related properties.
AB - Trypophobia is a strong emotion of disgust evoked by clusters of holes or round objects (e.g., lotus seed pod). It has become increasingly popular and been studied since 2010s, mainly in the West and Japan. Considering this, trypophobia might be a modern emotion, and hence urbanization possibly plays key roles in trypophobia. To address this issue, we compared the degree of trypophobia between urban and less urban people in China. In an experiment, we asked participants about their degree of discomfort from trypophobic images. The results showed that trypophobia occurred in both groups, although the effect size was larger in urban than less urban people. Moreover, post-experimental interviews and post-hoc analyses revealed that older people in less urban area did not experience as much trypophobia. Our findings suggest that trypophobia links to urbanization and age-related properties.
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U2 - 10.7717/peerj.8837
DO - 10.7717/peerj.8837
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083500147
SN - 2167-8359
VL - 2020
JO - PeerJ
JF - PeerJ
IS - 3
M1 - e8837
ER -
