Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftForschungsartikelBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • Agnieszka Sorokowska - , Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Supreet Saluja - , Macquarie University (Autor:in)
  • Piotr Sorokowski - , Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Tomasz Frąckowiak - , Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Maciej Karwowski - , Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Toivo Aavik - , University of Tartu (Autor:in)
  • Grace Akello - , Gulu University (Autor:in)
  • Charlotte Alm - , Stockholm University (Autor:in)
  • Naumana Amjad - , NUR International University (Autor:in)
  • Afifa Anjum - , University of the Punjab (Autor:in)
  • Kelly Asao - , University of Texas at Austin (Autor:in)
  • Chiemezie S Atama - , American University of Nigeria (Autor:in)
  • Derya Atamtürk Duyar - , Altinbas University (Autor:in)
  • Richard Ayebare - , THETA Uganda (Autor:in)
  • Carlota Batres - , Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster (Autor:in)
  • Mons Bendixen - , Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Autor:in)
  • Aicha Bensafia - , University of Algiers Benyoucef Benkhedda (Autor:in)
  • Boris Bizumic - , Australian National University (Autor:in)
  • Mahmoud Boussena - , University of Algiers Benyoucef Benkhedda (Autor:in)
  • David M Buss - , University of Texas at Austin (Autor:in)
  • Marina Butovskaya - , Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (Autor:in)
  • Seda Can - , Izmir Ekonomi Universitesi (Autor:in)
  • Katarzyna Cantarero - , SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Autor:in)
  • Antonin Carrier - , Université catholique de Louvain (Autor:in)
  • Hakan Cetinkaya - , Ankara University (Autor:in)
  • Dominika Chabin - , Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Daniel Conroy-Beam - , University of California at San Francisco (Autor:in)
  • Jorge Contreras-Graduño - , Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores (Autor:in)
  • Marco Antonio Correa Varella - , University of São Paulo (Autor:in)
  • Rosa María Cueto - , Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Autor:in)
  • Marcin Czub - , Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Daria Dronova - , Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (Autor:in)
  • Seda Dural - , Izmir Ekonomi Universitesi (Autor:in)
  • Izzet Duyar - , Altinbas University (Autor:in)
  • Berna Ertugrul - , Altinbas University (Autor:in)
  • Agustín Espinosa - , Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Autor:in)
  • Carla Sofia Esteves - , Instituto Universitario de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) (Autor:in)
  • Farida Guemaz - , University of Setif (Autor:in)
  • Mária Haľamová - , Constantine the Philosopher University (Autor:in)
  • Iskra Herak - , Université catholique de Louvain (Autor:in)
  • Ivana Hromatko - , University of Zagreb (Autor:in)
  • Chin-Ming Hui - , The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (Autor:in)
  • Jas Laile Jaafar - , University of Malaya (Autor:in)
  • Feng Jiang - , Central University of Finance and Economics (Autor:in)
  • Konstantinos Kafetsios - , Palacký University Olomouc (Autor:in)
  • Tina Kavcic - , University of Ljubljana (Autor:in)
  • Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair - , Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Autor:in)
  • Nicolas O Kervyn - , Université catholique de Louvain (Autor:in)
  • Anna Oleszkiewicz - , Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, University of Wrocław (Autor:in)
  • Ilona Croy - , Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik (Autor:in)

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.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1705-1721
Seitenumfang17
FachzeitschriftPersonality & social psychology bulletin
Jahrgang47
Ausgabenummer12
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Dez. 2021
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 85101262783

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Child, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Female, Humans, Religion, Touch