Tracking Comfort With Interpersonal Touch Over Time: the Effect of #Metoo and Covid-19 on Preferences For Touch

Compiling data from 30 studies conducted between 2011-2021 (N = 12,391), we track individual’s comfort with interpersonal touch (CIT) over time. We observe that comfort with both initiating and receiving touch decrease significantly after #MeToo (more severely for women) but not further after COVID-19.



Citation:

Andrea Luangrath, Suyeon Jung, and Joann Peck (2021) ,"Tracking Comfort With Interpersonal Touch Over Time: the Effect of #Metoo and Covid-19 on Preferences For Touch", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49, eds. Tonya Williams Bradford, Anat Keinan, and Matthew Matthew Thomson, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 931-931.

Authors

Andrea Luangrath, University of Iowa
Suyeon Jung, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joann Peck, University of Wisconsin-Madison



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49 | 2021



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