| Title |
Parent–Child Positive Touch: Gender, Age, and Task Differences
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10919-016-0236-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ana Aznar, Harriet R. Tenenbaum |
| Abstract |
This study examined gender, age, and task differences in positive touch and physical proximity during mother-child and father-child conversations. Sixty-five Spanish mothers and fathers and their 4- (M = 53.50 months, SD = 3.54) and 6-year-old (M = 77.07 months, SD = 3.94) children participated in this study. Positive touch was examined during a play-related storytelling task and a reminiscence task (conversation about past emotions). Fathers touched their children positively more frequently during the play-related storytelling task than did mothers. Both mothers and fathers were in closer proximity to their 6-year-olds than their 4-year-olds. Mothers and fathers touched their children positively more frequently when reminiscing than when playing. Finally, 6-year-olds remained closer to their parents than did 4-year-olds. Implications of these findings for future research on children's socioemotional development are discussed. |
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