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Volume 17, Issue 2
The Japanese-specific out-of-place Feeling Due to Clothing: A Combined Objective and Subjective Assessment Approach

Tamaki Takada-Mitsuno, Nao Mochizuki & Koichiro Miyaji

Journal of Fiber Bioengineering & Informatics, 17 (2024), pp. 61-75.

Published online: 2024-11

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The feeling of being out-of-place from dressing differently from others is prevalent in Japanese individuals. However, previous studies have not objectively assessed this out-of-place feeling using physiological indices. Therefore, this study aimed to compare out-of-place feelings in Japanese individuals measured using questionnaires as subjective assessments and electroencephalography, R-R interval of heartbeats, and number of blinks as objective assessments. The results indicated that the participants felt out-of-place because of the differences in clothing and the recipient of the letter they wrote to as the task. The out-of-place feeling had a significantly negative correlation with alpha waves and a significantly positive correlation with beta waves. The more the participants felt out-of-place, the more uncomfortable they were when the collaborator entered or left the room wearing different clothes. The more their beta waves activated when they wrote a letter to their supervisor than when they wrote to children. The decrease in middle-alpha waves suggested that the participants were uncomfortable when they were the only people in a different outfit.

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@Article{JFBI-17-61, author = {Takada-Mitsuno , TamakiMochizuki , Nao and Miyaji , Koichiro}, title = {The Japanese-specific out-of-place Feeling Due to Clothing: A Combined Objective and Subjective Assessment Approach}, journal = {Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics}, year = {2024}, volume = {17}, number = {2}, pages = {61--75}, abstract = {

The feeling of being out-of-place from dressing differently from others is prevalent in Japanese individuals. However, previous studies have not objectively assessed this out-of-place feeling using physiological indices. Therefore, this study aimed to compare out-of-place feelings in Japanese individuals measured using questionnaires as subjective assessments and electroencephalography, R-R interval of heartbeats, and number of blinks as objective assessments. The results indicated that the participants felt out-of-place because of the differences in clothing and the recipient of the letter they wrote to as the task. The out-of-place feeling had a significantly negative correlation with alpha waves and a significantly positive correlation with beta waves. The more the participants felt out-of-place, the more uncomfortable they were when the collaborator entered or left the room wearing different clothes. The more their beta waves activated when they wrote a letter to their supervisor than when they wrote to children. The decrease in middle-alpha waves suggested that the participants were uncomfortable when they were the only people in a different outfit.

}, issn = {2617-8699}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3993/jfbim02711}, url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/23522.html} }
TY - JOUR T1 - The Japanese-specific out-of-place Feeling Due to Clothing: A Combined Objective and Subjective Assessment Approach AU - Takada-Mitsuno , Tamaki AU - Mochizuki , Nao AU - Miyaji , Koichiro JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics VL - 2 SP - 61 EP - 75 PY - 2024 DA - 2024/11 SN - 17 DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbim02711 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/23522.html KW - Out-of-place, Japanese Female, EEG, Heartbeat R-R Interval, Questionnaire. AB -

The feeling of being out-of-place from dressing differently from others is prevalent in Japanese individuals. However, previous studies have not objectively assessed this out-of-place feeling using physiological indices. Therefore, this study aimed to compare out-of-place feelings in Japanese individuals measured using questionnaires as subjective assessments and electroencephalography, R-R interval of heartbeats, and number of blinks as objective assessments. The results indicated that the participants felt out-of-place because of the differences in clothing and the recipient of the letter they wrote to as the task. The out-of-place feeling had a significantly negative correlation with alpha waves and a significantly positive correlation with beta waves. The more the participants felt out-of-place, the more uncomfortable they were when the collaborator entered or left the room wearing different clothes. The more their beta waves activated when they wrote a letter to their supervisor than when they wrote to children. The decrease in middle-alpha waves suggested that the participants were uncomfortable when they were the only people in a different outfit.

Takada-Mitsuno , TamakiMochizuki , Nao and Miyaji , Koichiro. (2024). The Japanese-specific out-of-place Feeling Due to Clothing: A Combined Objective and Subjective Assessment Approach. Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics. 17 (2). 61-75. doi:10.3993/jfbim02711
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