Gender and culture differences in touching behavior

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-62

  Dibiase, Rosemarie ^a   Gunnoe, Jaime ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture differences; Gender differences; Touching behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642559377     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.144.1.49-62     Document Type: Article

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