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Touch Intimacy

Touch Intimacy is a psychological construct within the study of nonverbal communication that denotes the degree of emotional closeness and relational significance conveyed through tactile interaction, distinguishing it from other touch behaviors by its association with affection, trust, and interpersonal bonding.

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19

Authors

13

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

9

Geographies of Touch/Touched by Geography

Deborah Dixon, Elizabeth Straughan · Geography Compass · 2010 · 85 citations

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Sexualizing Men’s Touch: Male Nurses and the Use of Intimate Touch in Clinical Practice

Thomas Harding, Nicola North, Rod Perkins · Research and theory for nursing practice · 2008 · 71 citations

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A study of practising nurses’ perceptions and experiences of intimacy within the nurse–patient relationship

Angela Williams · Journal of Advanced Nursing · 2001 · 60 citations

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Touching Matters: Affective Entanglements in Coronatime

Vivienne Bozalek, Denise Newfield, Nike Romano et al. · Qualitative Inquiry · 2020 · 32 citations · Full text

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Interpersonal Touch in Conversational Joking

Xiaoting Li · Research on Language and Social Interaction · 2020 · 30 citations

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Authors

19

  1. NN
    Nicola North

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    2 publications · 92 citations

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  2. RP
    Rod Perkins

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    2 publications · 92 citations

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  3. TH
    Thomas Harding

    Buskerud University College, Norway

    1 publications · 71 citations

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  4. DD
    Deborah Dixon

    Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 85 citations

    1

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  5. DN
    Denise Newfield

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

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Institutions

13

  1. Swansea University

    Swansea, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    60 citations

  2. V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography

    Irkutsk, Russia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    170 citations

  3. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

    Cape Town, South Africa

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  4. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  5. Drammen Hospital

    Drammen, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    71 citations

  6. Buskerud University College

    Kongsberg, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    71 citations

  7. University of the Western Cape

    Cape Town, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  8. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Advanced Nursing

    JAN · 1 publications · 60 citations

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  2. Psychoanalytic Inquiry

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

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  3. Geography Compass

    1 publications · 85 citations

    1

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  4. Digital Commons - George Fox University (George Fox University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 24 citations

    1

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  5. British Journal of Occupational Therapy

    BJOT · 1 publications · 23 citations

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