Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12411/1179
Title: Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Authors: Sorokowska, Agnieszka
Saluja, Supreet
Sorokowski, Piotr
Frąckowiak, Tomasz
Karwowski, Maciej
Aavik, Toivo
Akello, Grace
Alm, Charlotte
Amjad, Naumana
Anjum, Afifa
Asao, Kelly
Atama, Chiemezie S.
Atamtürk Duyar, Derya
Ayebare, Richard
Batres, Carlota
Bendixen, Mons
Bensafia, Aicha
Bizumic, Boris
Boussena, Mahmoud
Buss, David M.
Butovskaya, Marina
Can, Seda
Cantarero, Katarzyna
Carrier, Antonin
Cetinkaya, Hakan
Chabin, Dominika
Conroy-Beam, Daniel
Contreras-Graduño, Jorge
Correa Varella, Marco Antonio
Cueto, Rosa María
Czub, Marcin
Dronova, Daria
Dural, Seda
Duyar, Izzet
Ertugrul, Berna
Espinosa, Agustín
Esteves, Carla Sofia
Guemaz, Farida
Haľamová, Mária
Herak, Iskra
Hromatko, Ivana
Hui, Chin-Ming
Laile Jaafar, Jas
Jiang, Feng
Kafetsios, Konstantinos
Kavcic, Tina
Ottesen Kennair, Leif Edward
Kervyn, Nicolas O.
Ahmed Khilji, Imran
Köbis, Nils C.
Kostic, Aleksandra
Láng, András
Lennard, Georgina R.
León, Ernesto
Lindholm, Torun
Lopez, Giulia
Manesi, Zoi
Martinez, Rocio
McKerchar, Sarah L.
Meskó, Norbert
Misra, Girishwar
Monaghan, Conal
Mora, Emanuel C.
Moya-Garofano, Alba
Musil, Bojan
Natividade, Jean Carlos
Nizharadze, George
Oberzaucher, Elisabeth
Oleszkiewicz, Anna
Onyishi, Ike Ernest
Özener, Baris
Pagani, Ariela Francesca
Pakalniskiene, Vilmante
Parise, Miriam
Pazhoohi, Farid
Pejičić, Marija
Pisanski, Annette
Pisanski, Katarzyna
Plohl, Nejc
Popa, Camelia
Prokop, Pavol
Rizwan, Muhammad
Sainz, Mario
Salkičević, Svjetlana
Sargautyte, Ruta
Sarmany-Schuller, Ivan
Schmehl, Susanne
Shahid, Anam
Shaikh, Rizwana
Sharad, Shivantika
Sultan Siddiqui, Razi
Simonetti, Franco
Tadinac, Meri
Ugalde González, Karina
Uhryn, Olga
Vauclair, Christin-Melanie
Vega Araya, Luis Diego
Ajeng Widarini, Dwi
Yoo, Gyesook
Fotowwat Zadeh, Zainab
Zaťková, Marta
Zupančič, Maja
Croy, Ilona
Keywords: touch behaviors
affective touch
interpersonal behaviors
cross-cultural psychology
Publisher: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Citation: Sorokowska, A., Saluja, S., Sorokowski, P., Frąckowiak, T., Karwowski, M., Aavik, T., Akello, G., Alm, C., Amjad, N., Anjum, A., Asao, K., Atama, C. S., Atamtürk Duyar, D., Ayebare, R., Batres, C., Bendixen, M., Bensafia, A., Bizumic, B., Boussena, M.,… y Croy, I. (2021). Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220988373
Abstract: Abstract: Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account for this variability. Here, over 14,000 individuals from 45 countries were asked whether they embraced, stroked, kissed, or hugged their partner, friends, and youngest child during the week preceding the study. We then examined a range of hypothesized individual-level factors (sex, age, parasitic history, conservatism, religiosity, and preferred interpersonal distance) and cultural-level factors (regional temperature, parasite stress, regional conservatism, collectivism, and religiosity) in predicting these affective-touching behaviors. Our results indicate that affective touch was most prevalent in relationships with partners and children, and its diversity was relatively higher in warmer, less conservative, and religious countries, and among younger, female, and liberal people. This research allows for a broad and integrated view of the bases of cross-cultural variability in affective touch.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220988373
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12411/1179
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