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Supportive Touch

Supportive Touch is a nonverbal communication behavior within emotional support interactions that involves deliberate physical contact to convey empathy, reassurance, or concern, distinguished from other support modalities by its somatic and tactile nature.

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2017–2026

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The effect of social support and physical touch on cardiovascular reactions to mental stress

Jennifer L. Edens, Kevin T. Larkin, Jennifer L. Abel · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · 1992 · 103 citations

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Touch and social support influence interpersonal synchrony and pain

Marianne C. Reddan, Hannah Young, Julia Falkner et al. · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · 2020 · 97 citations · Full text

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The Meanings of Touch: Geriatric Nursing

Wilbur H. Watson · Journal of Communication · 1975 · 88 citations

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The Male‐to‐Male Embrace: Breaking the Touch Taboo in a Men's Therapy Group

Fredric E. Rabinowitz · Journal of Counseling & Development · 1991 · 50 citations

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Positive touch, the implications for parents and their children with autism: an exploratory study

Lesley Cullen, Julie Barlow, Delia Cushway · Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice · 2005 · 46 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. GÖ
    Gunnar Öhlén

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  2. TF
    Torkel Falkenberg

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  3. BT
    Bev Taylor

    Southern Cross University, Australia

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  4. KT
    Kevin T. Larkin

    West Virginia University, United States

    1 publications · 103 citations

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  5. RH
    Raheela Hanif

    Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Redlands

    Redlands, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  2. Civil Hospital Karachi

    Karachi, Pakistan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  3. Dow University of Health Sciences

    Karachi, Pakistan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  4. Northern Kentucky University

    Highland Heights, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  5. Macmillan Cancer Support

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  6. Texas Medical Center

    Houston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  7. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    96 citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    485 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 4 publications · 109 citations

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  3. Palliative Medicine

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. Family & Community Health

    FCH · 1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. Annual Review of Anthropology

    1 publications · 29 citations

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