Gender patterns in social touch

The impact of setting and age

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6202775
AutoresBrenda Major (0000-0002-2688-9464, Buffalo State University), Anne Marie Schmidlin, Lynne Williams (0000-0003-2575-9710)
Año1990
Volumen58
Número4
Páginas634-643
Fecha de publicación1990-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.58.4.634
PMID2348362
OpenAlexW2130402308
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas31
Referencias citadas5

This study examined the impact of age of participants and the setting in which touch occurred on gender patterns in 799 instances of observed intentional touch. Gender asymmetry, a pattern in which men are more likely to touch women than vice versa, was observed when touch between adults was examined but not when touch involving children was examined. Adult touch interactions occurring in public, nonintimate settings showed gender asymmetry, but adult touch interactions occurring in greeting or leave-taking settings did not. Cross-sex touch was more prevalent among adults, whereas same-sex touch was more prevalent when a child was involved. Implications for theoretical perspectives on gender and touch are discussed.

Developmental psychology · Perception · Social perception · Social relation · Young adult · Action Observation and Synchronization · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology