Interpersonal touching and orality.
Sixty-five undergraduates were assigned to guide a blindfolded confederate through a floor maze. The frequency of touching the confederate's skin and the length of time required to complete the trip through the maze were recorded. Each subject was also given a self-administered Rorschach test; an independent count was made of the number of oral responses given. Orality was positively related to touching behavior (r=.39, p=.001) and with speed of guiding the confederate through the maze (r=.31, p=.01).
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012392:Rorschach Test; D014110:Touch