Assessing Individual Differences in the Use of Haptic Information Using a German Translation of the Need for Touch Scale

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ID5338901
AutoresMandy Nuszbaum (University of Freiburg), Alex Vo (0000-0002-4499-3660, University of Freiburg), Andreas Vo, Karl Christoph Klauer (0000-0003-4004-035X, University of Freiburg), Tilmann Betsch (0000-0002-5506-6723, University of Erfurt)
Año2010
Volumen41
Número4
Páginas263-274
Fecha de publicación2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590
EditorialHogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1027/1864-9335/a000035
OpenAlexW2118833476
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas25

A German version of the Need for Touch scale (NFT) was developed and validated in two experiments. Study 1 examined moderator effects of NFT on the influence of product experience on confidence and frustration in product evaluations. As expected, only for high-NFT individuals, confidence increased and frustration decreased when haptic information was available. In Study 2, we explored the influence of NFT in a gambling task. Results showed that individuals with higher NFT more often chose gambling alternatives accompanied by a positive feeling of touch, while individuals with lower NFT did not integrate haptic information. Additionally, results confirmed the theoretically postulated two-dimensional structure of NFT, as well as its discriminant validity

Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Discriminant validity · Feeling · Frustration · German · Haptic technology · Internal consistency · Moderation · Product (mathematics) · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio) · Task (project management) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts