@article{ref1,
title="Significance of touch for perceptions of parenting and psychological adjustment among adolescents",
journal="Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry",
year="1995",
author="Pearce, C. M. and Martin, Graham and Wood, K.",
volume="34",
number="2",
pages="160-167",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This pilot study set out to investigate whether a relationship exists between differential quality and quantity of physical contact experience and perceptions of parenting, psychological adjustment, and suicidal behavior among adolescents. METHOD: A self-report questionnaire assessed individuals' perceptions of how frequently they experienced pleasant (positive) and unpleasant (negative) touch from family and friends. Together with the Achenbach Youth Self-Report and the Parental Bonding Instrument, this questionnaire was administered to 142 male and 129 female students aged between 13 and 15 years (mean = 13.54, SD = 0.56) attending a randomly chosen metropolitan state high school and a coeducational private school. RESULTS: The major findings indicated that differential quality and quantity of physical contact experience was related to perceptions of parenting, psychological adjustment, and suicidal behavior, although a gender difference was observed. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that physical contact experiences may reflect different parenting styles and may be a vulnerability factor for a range of difficulties among adolescents.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0890-8567",
doi="10.1097/00004583-199502000-00011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199502000-00011"
}