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Pereira, AR, Antunes, J, Trotter, PD, McGlone, F, González-Villar, AJ and Sampaio, A (2023) Translation, validity, and reliability of the European Portuguese version of the Touch Experiences and Attitudes Questionnaire. PeerJ, 11. ISSN 2167-8359
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Abstract
Background. Positive touch experiences have proved to be extremely important throughout our lifespan, with cascading effects on our social life. However, few questionnaires are available to measure attitudes and experiences of touch in the Portuguese population. This study aimed to translate and validate the European Portuguese version of the Touch Experiences and Attitudes Questionnaire (TEAQ), as a reliable and valid instrument to measure different aspects of affective touch experiences and attitudes. Methods. Therefore, an online sample of 384 (299 females and 85 males) participants, aged between 18 and 75 years (M = 24.59; SD = 9.56) was collected. Multidimensional Rasch model and confirmatory factor analysis were carried out, and also reliability and convergent and discriminant validity were determined. In addition, we examined sex differences in attitudes and experiences of touch. Results. Results showed good fit indexes for the 52-item six-factor model structure (friends and family touch, current intimate touch, childhood touch, attitudes to self-care, attitudes to intimate touch, and attitudes to unfamiliar touch). This instrument also showed good reliability and acceptable convergent and discriminant validity. Significant sex differences were found, with female participants reporting more positive touch experiences (including childhood touch, friends and family touch, and current intimate touch) and a more favourable attitude to self-care, with males showing a more positive attitude towards unfamiliar touch. Regarding attitudes towards the intimate touch, scores for both groups were comparable. Conclusion. Overall, the European Portuguese version of the TEAQ presented good psychometric properties and appears to be a reliable and valid self-report measure, being a useful and beneficial instrument in research and clinical settings.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Reproducibility of Results; Attitude; Touch; Psychometrics; Sex Factors; Translating; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Middle Aged; Portugal; Female; Male; Young Adult; Surveys and Questionnaires; Affective touch; Interpersonal touch; Positive touch; Psychometric properties; Social touch; TEAQ; Validation; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Young Adult; Attitude; Portugal; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires; Touch; Translating; Sex Factors; Psychometrics; 06 Biological Sciences; 11 Medical and Health Sciences |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Psychology (from Sep 2019) |
| Publisher: | PeerJ |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2023 09:29 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 09:30 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.7717/peerj.14960 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/20625 |
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