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.
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
<< Page 1 Continued from page 1. Previous | Next
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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