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  • COVID-19 and social distancing : a cross-cultural study of interpersonal distance preferences and touch behaviors before and during the pandemic
    Croy, Ilona ...
    The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term ... effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 14,000 individual cases from two large, cross-cultural surveys – the first conducted 2 years prior to the pandemic and the second during a relatively stable period of a decreased infection rate in May-June 2021. Preferred interpersonal distances increased by 54% globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase was observable across all types of relationships, all countries, and was more pronounced in individuals with higher self-reported vulnerability to diseases. Unexpectedly, participants reported a higher incidence of interpersonal touch behaviors during than before the pandemic. We discuss our results in the context of prosocial and self-protection motivations that potentially promote different social behaviors.
    Source: Cross-cultural research. - ISSN 1069-3971 (Vol. 58, iss. 1, Feb. 2024, str. 41-69)
    Type of material - article, component part ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2024
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 173478403

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    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10693971231174935

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source: Cross-cultural research. - ISSN 1069-3971 (Vol. 58, iss. 1, Feb. 2024, str. 41-69)
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