The effect of relationship status on communicating emotions through touch

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 295-306

  Thompson, Erin H ^a   Hampton, James A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Couples; Emotion; Strangers; Touch

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79551576049     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.492957     Document Type: Article

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