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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Radiation and Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1550427
This article is part of the Research Topic Individual Sensitivity to Wireless Radiation View all 4 articles
Could electrohypersensitivity be a specific form of high sensory processing sensitivity?
Provisionally accepted- 1 Université de Tours, Tours, France
- 2 Sciensano (Belgium), Brussels, Belgium
- 3 UMR5283 Centre Max Weber, Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France
Introduction: Electrohypersensitivity (EHS) refers to a syndrome in which individuals claim to suffer from a variety of symptoms that they attribute to electromagnetic fields. The characteristics of this specific hypersensitivity, particularly in terms of symptoms, are similar to those associated with high sensory processing sensitivity (HSPS). This article raises the question of the superposition of these two types of sensitivity and investigates the existence of a link between the two. Method: Participants (n=100) completed a questionnaire measuring EHS and HSPS, as well as absorption, risk perception and avoidance strategies related to electromagnetic fields, and anxiety and depressive disorders.Results: They showed an overrepresentation of highly sensitive people within the electrohypersensitive group. Furthermore, the results showed differences in terms of anxietydepressive symptomatology and cognitive strategies (risk perception and avoidance strategies).The article discusses these results in the light of the literature and suggests avenues for future research and ways to help highly sensitive people, whether or not this condition is considered to be caused by electromagnetic radiation.
Keywords: Electrohypersensitivity, Sensory processing sensitivity, Electromagnetic Fields, Risk Perception, Absorption, Anxio-depressive disorders
Received: 23 Dec 2024; Accepted: 14 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Bordarie, Ledent, Dieudonné, Choisay and De Clerq. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Jimmy Bordarie, Université de Tours, Tours, France
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