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Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world
Sorokowska, A.; Kowal, M.; Saluja, S.; Aavik, T.; Alm, C.; Anjum, A.; Asao, K.; Batres, C.; Bensafia, A.; Bizumic, B.; Boussena, M.; Buss, D. M.Touch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging and kissing are universally observed in partnerships all over the world. Here, we explored the association of love and affectionate touch behaviors in romantic partnerships in two studies comprising 7880 participants. In the first study, we used a cross-cultural survey condu...
Affective interpersonal touch in close relationships: A cross-cultural perspective
Sorokowska, A.; Saluja, S.; Sorokowski, P.; Frąckowiak,T.; Karwowski, M.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.; Alm, C.; Amjad, N.; Anjum, A.; Asao, K.; Shaikh, R.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 examine...