Perceptions of nonreciprocal touch in romantic relationships

Pisano, Michael; Wall, Susan M.; Foster, Arlene

doi:10.1007/bf00987203

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“…A series of studies on touch communication in various dyads have employed observers to interpret the degree of intimacy that different touches convey and infer how intimate the relationships are based on the kind of touch being observed (Burgoon, 1991;Burgoon & Hale, 1987;Floyd & Voludakis, 1999;Pisano, Wall, & Foster, 1986). These studies involved showing participants photographs or videos of touch between individuals and using surveys to quantify their perceptions of the interactions.…”

Section: Intimacy and Touch -(C1) Closenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Touch Communication Between Coaches and Athletes

Miller

Franken

Kiefer

2007

Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology

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Section: Intimacy and Touch -(C1) Closenessmentioning

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Exploring Touch Communication Between Coaches and Athletes

Miller

Franken

Kiefer

2007

Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology

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“…Some research has noted that interpersonal touch plays a critical role in the maintenance of close relationships between parents and children and consequently shapes the child's emotional balance, psychological well-being, and the capacity to lead a normal and healthy adult life (Andersen and Leibowitz 1978;Burgoon et al 1984;Guerrero and Andersen 1991;Johnson and Edwards 1991;Pisano et al 1986;Willis and Briggs 1992). The 1980s witnessed a renewed recognition of the importance of interpersonal touch, and a number of studies on infant development demonstrated that early interpersonal touch by caregivers had a positive effect on both physical and psychological well-being in the early years of life (Montagu 1986).…”

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The Effect of Interpersonal Touch During Childhood on Adult Attachment and Depression: A Neglected Area of Family and Developmental Psychology?

Takeuchi¹,

Miyaoka

Tomoda

et al. 2009

J Child Fam Stud

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Interpersonal touch has been little studied empirically as an indicator of parent-and peer-child intimacy. Undergraduate students (n = 390) were studied using a questionnaire survey regarding the frequencies of interpersonal touch by father, mother, same-sex peers, and opposite-sex peers during preschool ages, grades 1-3, grades 4-6, and grades 7-9, as well as their current attachment style to a romantic partner and current depression. A path model indicated that current depression was influenced significantly by poorer self-and otherimages as well as by fewer parental interpersonal touches throughout childhood. Other-image was influenced by early (up to grade 3) parental interpersonal touch. Our findings suggest that a lower frequency of parental touching during childhood influences the development of depression and contributes to a poorer image of an individual's romantic partner during later adolescence and early adulthood.

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“…This can involve different sensory modalities. For example, facial and gestural expressions impart cues of an individual's emotional condition and likely future actions, the pitch and intensity of a scream or roar alerts us to imminent threat [1], and a gentle touch or slap on the back may provide reassurance [2]. However, while the use of such visual, acoustic and tactile social information is uncontroversial, the suggestion that humans also use body-based olfactory information for communicative purposes has historically been often met by scepticism, ambivalence or even antipathy.…”

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Human olfactory communication: current challenges and future prospects

Roberts

Havlı́ček

Schaal

2020

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Although anthropologists frequently report the centrality of odours in the daily lives and cultural beliefs of many small-scale communities, Western scholars have historically considered the sense of smell as minimally involved in human communication. Here, we suggest that the origin and persistence of this latter view might be a consequence of the fact that most research is conducted on participants from Western societies who, collectively, were rather old (adults), deodorized and desensitized (ODD) to various aspects of olfactory perception. The view is rapidly changing, however, and this themed issue provides a timely overview of the current state-of-the-art on human chemocommunication. Based on evolutionary models of communication, the papers cover both general mechanisms of odour production by ‘senders’ and odour perception by ‘receivers’. Focus on specific functional contexts includes reciprocal impact of odours between infants and mothers, the role of odour in mate choice and how odours communicate emotion and disease. Finally, a position paper outlines pitfalls and opportunities for the future, against the context of the replication crisis in psychology. We believe a more nuanced view of human chemical communication is within our grasp if we can continue to develop inter-disciplinary insights and expand research activities beyond ODD people. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue ‘Olfactory communication in humans’.

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Perceptions of nonreciprocal touch in romantic relationships

Cited by 30 publications

References 23 publications

Exploring Touch Communication Between Coaches and Athletes

Exploring Touch Communication Between Coaches and Athletes

The Effect of Interpersonal Touch During Childhood on Adult Attachment and Depression: A Neglected Area of Family and Developmental Psychology?

Human olfactory communication: current challenges and future prospects

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