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Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world

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dc.contributor.authorSorokowska, Agnieszka
dc.contributor.authorKowal, Marta
dc.contributor.authorSaluja, Supreet
dc.contributor.authorAavik, Toivo
dc.contributor.authorAlm, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorAnjum, Afifa
dc.contributor.authorAsao, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorBatres, Carlota
dc.contributor.authorBensafia, Aicha
dc.contributor.authorBizumic, Boris
dc.contributor.authorBoussena, Mahmoud
dc.contributor.authorBuss, David M.
dc.contributor.authorButovskaya, Marina
dc.contributor.authorCan, Seda
dc.contributor.authorCarrier, Antonin
dc.contributor.authorCetinkaya, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorConroy-Beam, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorCueto, Rosa María
dc.contributor.authorCzub, Marcin
dc.contributor.authorDural, Seda
dc.contributor.authorEspinosa, Agustín
dc.contributor.authorEsteves, Carla Sofia
dc.contributor.authorFrackowiak, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorContreras-Garduño, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorGuemaz, Farida
dc.contributor.authorHromatko, Ivana
dc.contributor.authorIskra, Herak
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Feng
dc.contributor.authorKafetsios, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorKavcic, Tina
dc.contributor.authorKervyn, Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorKöbis, Nils C.
dc.contributor.authorKostić, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorLáng, András
dc.contributor.authorLindholm, Torun
dc.contributor.authorManesi, Zoi
dc.contributor.authorMeskó, Norbert
dc.contributor.authorMisra, Girishwar
dc.contributor.authorMonaghan, Conal
dc.contributor.authorNatividade, Jean Carlos
dc.contributor.authorNizharadze, George
dc.contributor.authorOberzaucher, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorOleszkiewicz, Anna
dc.contributor.authorPagani, Ariela Francesca
dc.contributor.authorPakalniskiene, Vilmante
dc.contributor.authorParise, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorPejičić, Marija
dc.contributor.authorPisanski, Annette
dc.contributor.authorPisanski, Kasia
dc.contributor.authorPopa, Camelia
dc.contributor.authorProkop, Pavol
dc.contributor.authorSargautyte, Ruta
dc.contributor.authorSharad, Shivantika
dc.contributor.authorSimonetti, Franco
dc.contributor.authorSorokowski, Piotr
dc.contributor.authorStefanczyk, Michal Mikolaj
dc.contributor.authorSzagdaj, Anna
dc.contributor.authorTadinac, Meri
dc.contributor.authorGonzález, Karina Ugalde
dc.contributor.authorUhryn, Olga
dc.contributor.authorVauclair, Christin Melanie
dc.contributor.authorYoo, Gyesook
dc.contributor.authorZupančič, Maja
dc.contributor.authorCroy, Ilona
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-19T14:09:58Z
dc.date.available2023-04-19T14:09:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-04
dc.description.abstractTouch 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 conducted in 37 countries to test whether love was universally associated with affectionate touch behaviors. In the second study, using a more fine-tuned touch behavior scale, we tested whether the frequency of affectionate touch behaviors was related to love in romantic partnerships. As hypothesized, love was significantly and positively associated with affectionate touch behaviors in both studies and this result was replicated regardless of the inclusion of potentially relevant factors as controls. Altogether, our data strongly suggest that affectionate touch is a relatively stable characteristic of human romantic relationships that is robustly and reliably related to the degree of reported love between partners.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-023-31502-1pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85151792240
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.pmcPMC10073073
dc.identifier.pmid37015974
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/40890
dc.identifier.wos000984084100009
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.titleLove and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the worldpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleScientific Reportspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume13pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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