Imura Tomoko, Suzuki Chiharu, Kasahara Mai, Sasaki Kyoshiro, Yamada Yuki, Shirai Nobu
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Social Sciences, Japan Women's University, 2-8-1, Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8681, Japan.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Social Sciences, Japan Women's University, Tokyo, Japan.
Sci Rep. 2024 Jul 17;14(1):16528. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-67002-z.
It has been reported that strong discomfort associated with clusters of circles and holes (trypophobia), including lotus pod seeds, manifests in individuals as young as 4 or 5 years old. This study investigated how the size and number of circles within clusters affected discomfort levels in adults and in children aged 4-9 years. In Experiment 1, we confirmed that the remote experimental procedure could evoke discomfort when participants were presented with cluster images. The findings reveal that children as young as 4 or 5 years old consistently experienced discomfort when rating trypophobic images, even printed images rated in real time during video calls. In Experiment 2, we explored the impact of cluster size, considering both the size and number of circles, in a remote experiment. The results indicate that discomfort tended to increase with cluster size in both children and adults, with the effect becoming more pronounced with age.
据报道，与圆形和孔洞集群（密集恐惧症）相关的强烈不适感，包括莲蓬籽，在年仅4或5岁的个体中就会出现。本研究调查了集群内圆形的大小和数量如何影响成人以及4至9岁儿童的不适程度。在实验1中，我们证实当向参与者展示集群图像时，远程实验程序会引发不适感。研究结果表明，即使是在视频通话期间实时评级的打印图像，4或5岁的儿童在对密集恐惧症图像进行评级时也始终会感到不适。在实验2中，我们在远程实验中探讨了集群大小的影响，同时考虑了圆形的大小和数量。结果表明，儿童和成人的不适感都倾向于随着集群大小的增加而增加，且这种影响随着年龄的增长而更加明显。
