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ERIC Number: EJ436714
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
Children's Responses to Touch--A Questionnaire Study.
Neill, Sean R. St J.
British Educational Research Journal, v17 n2 p149-63 1991
Presents results of a study of adolescents' responses to being touched. Breaks downs findings by status and sex of toucher, age and sex of subject, and type of touch and part of body being touched. Concludes that effective use of touch depends on conforming to expectations in terms of how, where, and by whom child is touched. (DK)
Descriptors: Body Language, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Nonverbal Communication, Questionnaires, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Acceptance; Touching; United Kingdom