Citation

Field T. Adolescence 1999; 34(136): 753-758.

Affiliation

Touch Research Institutes, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Libra Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10730699

Abstract

Forty adolescents were observed at McDonald's restaurants in Paris and Miami to assess the amount of touching and aggression during their peer interactions. The American adolescents spent less time leaning against, stroking, kissing, and hugging their peers than did the French adolescents. Instead, they showed more self-touching and more aggressive verbal and physical behavior.

Language: en