The Big Five personality traits and perceptions of touch to intimate and nonintimate body regions

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1067-1073

  Dorros, Sam ^a   Hanzal, Alesia ^a   Segrin, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Biological sex; Close relationship; Decoding touch; Interpreting Touch; Perceptions of touch; Personality traits; Relationship satisfaction; Romantic partners; Touch to intimate and nonintimate body regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149102950     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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