Self-Esteem and Tactile Communication
- 1 April 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Humanistic Psychology
- Vol. 13 (2), 73-77
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002216787301300209
Abstract
The relationship between self-esteem and tactile communication was studied in four different conditions, varying both the sex of the subject and the sex of the confederate. The major hypothesis was supported in that the higher the subject's self-esteem, the more intimate the subject was in communicating through touch, especially when communicating with a female. Also, high self-esteem subjects found the task easier, and perceived the communication as being transmitted more clearly than did the low self-esteem subjects. Moreover, males found the task significantly easier than did females.Keywords
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