Measuring differences in social touch: Development and validation of the short Touch Experiences and Attitudes Questionnaire (TEAQ-s)

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2024.112890

Yvonne Friedrich , Sophia Faresse , Celine Henning , Paula D. Trotter , Rochelle Ackerley , Ilona Croy

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Interpersonal touch is an essential part of human social life, impacting emotional and physical well-being. Variations in touch behavior and perception can be assessed by the Touch Experiences and Attitudes Questionnaire (TEAQ). Although comprehensive, the TEAQ appears lengthy with 57 items, limiting its usability for large surveys. Therefore, we developed a refined and shortened version of 16 items, tested in Germany and France. This manuscript presents three studies. In the first, we created the TEAQ-s (n = 313). In the second and third, we validated the TEAQ-s in German (n = 383) and French (n = 327), respectively. The resulting TEAQ-s showed strong reliability (Cronbach's alpha: 0.86 to 0.87; test-retest correlation: r = 0.85) and validity consistent with the original version. Analyses also revealed that being in a relationship, relationship satisfaction, mental health, and body appreciation were positively related to touch experiences and attitudes. A four-factor structure (4 items per scale) was confirmed through factor analysis. Final subscales are attitude to friendly touch, current intimate touch, childhood touch, and attitude to intimate touch. We hope that the TEAQ-s serves as a valuable tool for researchers in the field of touch and beyond, offering well-founded items in an efficient format.

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测量社会接触的差异：简短触摸体验与态度问卷（TEAQ-s）的开发与验证

人与人之间的接触是人类社会生活的重要组成部分，对情感和身体健康都有影响。触摸行为和感知的变化可以通过触摸体验和态度问卷（TEAQ）进行评估。虽然 TEAQ 内容全面，但它有 57 个项目，显得冗长，限制了它在大型调查中的可用性。因此，我们开发了一个由 16 个项目组成的精练简短版本，并在德国和法国进行了测试。本手稿介绍了三项研究。在第一项研究中，我们编制了 TEAQ-s（n = 313）。在第二和第三项研究中，我们分别用德语（n = 383）和法语（n = 327）验证了 TEAQ-s。结果显示，TEAQ-s 具有很高的信度（克朗巴赫α：0.86 至 0.87；测试-再测试相关性：r = 0.85）和效度，与原始版本一致。分析还显示，恋爱关系、恋爱关系满意度、心理健康和身体欣赏与触摸体验和态度呈正相关。通过因子分析，确认了四因子结构（每个量表 4 个项目）。最终的子量表包括对友好触摸的态度、当前亲密触摸的态度、童年触摸的态度和对亲密触摸的态度。我们希望 TEAQ-s 能以高效的形式提供有理有据的项目，成为触觉及其他领域研究人员的重要工具。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.