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Men and Women Holding Hands Revisited: Effects of Mutual Engagement and Hand Dominance on Attributions of Cross-Sex Handholding
Authors:Graham D. Bodie  William A. Villaume
Affiliation:1. Department of Communication Studies at Louisiana State University , gbodie@lsu.edu;3. Department of Pharmacy Care Systems , Harrison School of Pharmacy at Auburn University ,
Abstract:In line with the social meaning orientation to nonverbal behavior, the current study conceptualized handholding as a multidimensional nonverbal cue with the potential to signal relational meaning to outside observers. Results support the hypotheses that individuals attribute varied levels of intimacy to a cross-sex couple based on the mutual engagement of handholding type and the distance between elbows. In addition, the results corroborate observational studies claiming that hand dominance serves to signal relational power distribution. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for our knowledge of handholding as a form of nonverbal communication as well as their implications for the broader theoretical question of how relational meaning is signaled by nonverbal behavior.
Keywords:Dominance  Handholding  Intimacy  Nonverbal Communication  Power  Relational Meaning
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