From Tension to Tenderness: Affectionate Touch Is Predicted By Dispositional Intimacy Motivation and Regulates Affect amid Relationship Stressors

Poster Session II

Keyword: Love and Marriage

Abstract: Affectionate touch mitigated the negative impact of relationship stressors on affect in an observational study (N = 365 couples) and two experience sampling method (ESM) studies (N ≈ 250 individuals). Dispositional intimacy motivation predicted the frequency of affectionate touch, highlighting the role of motivational dispositions in relationship behavior.

• Julia Schäfer (Presenting Author)
• Veronika Brandstätter (Author)
• Marie Hennecke (Author)
• Melanie Naumann (Author)
• Miriam Pfister (Author)
• Katharina Bernecker (Author)