Individual and relational differences in desire for touch in romantic relationships
Individual and relational differences in desire for touch in romantic relationships
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DOI：
10.1177/02654075211003331
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发表时间：
2021-03-25
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Feeney, Brooke C.
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作者：
Jakubiak, Brittany K.;Fuentes, Julian D.;Feeney, Brooke C.
虽然触摸在浪漫关系中很常见，而且通常是有益的，但人们在给予和接受触摸的程度上有所不同。目前的研究确定了个体和关系特征，这些特征预测了对触摸的整体欲望以及对公开的深情与间接的深情触摸形式的独特欲望。在约会，订婚和已婚个体（研究1）和已婚夫妇（研究2）的二元样本中，对触摸的整体欲望的最强预测因素是性（女性）和高关系质量（演员和伴侣）。依恋回避也预测整体触摸的欲望较低（研究1），演员和合作伙伴的依恋回避预测间接深情触摸的欲望较低，特别是（研究2）。最后，在两项研究中，更大的心理困扰预测更大的间接深情触摸的欲望。这种关于触摸欲望的新颖描述性信息为未来的干预工作提供了基础。
Although touch is common in romantic relationships and is generally beneficial, people differ in the extent to which they desire to give and receive touch. The current research identified individual and relationship characteristics that predict overall desire for touch and unique desire for overtly affectionate versus indirectly affectionate forms of touch. In both a sample of dating, engaged, and married individuals (Study 1) and a dyadic sample of married couples (Study 2), the strongest predictors of overall desire for touch were sex (being female) and high relationship quality (actor and partner). Attachment avoidance also predicted lower desire for touch overall (Study 1), and actor and partner attachment avoidance predicted lower desire for indirectly affectionate touch, in particular (Study 2). Finally, greater psychological distress predicted greater desire for indirectly affectionate touch in both studies. This novel descriptive information about desire for touch provides a foundation for future intervention work.