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American Adolescents Touch Each Other Less And Are More Aggressive Toward Their Peers As Compared With French Adolescents - Statistical Data Included

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American Adolescents Touch Each Other Less And Are More Aggressive Toward Their Peers As Compared With French Adolescents - Statistical Data Included
Adolescence, Winter, 1999 by Tiffany Field
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Procedure

A research assistant recorded the behaviors of the adolescents during their face-to-face interactions at the McDonald's restaurants. The behaviors included those observed in the pilot study: (1) types of touching-peer-touching (physically leaning on peer, stroking, kissing, hugging) and self-touching (playing with hands or hair); (2) location on body where touch occurred (head and shoulders, arms and hands); (3) apparent purpose of touching (affection, self-stimulation); (4) activity engaged in (eating, talking, drinking, smoking); and (5) affect (positive and negative facial, verbal, and physical). The target subjects were observed for 20-minute periods, and the behaviors were recorded at ten-second intervals.

RESULTS

The findings are shown in Table 1. ANOVAs revealed the following main effects for group: (1) for types of touching, the American adolescents showed less leaning, stroking, kissing, and hugging, and more playing with their own hair and hands; (2) for location on body, the American adolescents showed less touching on head and shoulders and more touching on arms and hands; (3) for purpose of touch, the American adolescents showed less affection and more self-stimulation; (4) for activities, the American adolescents engaged in more eating and drinking and less smoking and talking; and (5) for affect, the American adolescents showed less positive facial, verbal, and physical behavior, and more negative verbal and physical behavior.
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