The role of marital status and age on men's and women's reactions to touch from a relational partner

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-35

  Hanzal, Alesia ^a   Segrin, Chris ^a   Dorros, Sybilla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Body regions; Intimacy; Marital status; Reactions to touch; Sex differences; Touch

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349137102     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-007-0039-1     Document Type: Article

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