Friendly touch increases gratitude by inducing communal feelings
Communion among people is easily identifiable. Close friends or relatives frequently touch each other and this physical contact helps identifying the type of relationship they have. We tested whether a friendly touch and benefits elicit the emotion of gratitude given the close link between gratitude...
Main Authors: | Cláudia eSimão, Beate eSeibt |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00815/full |
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