Table 4.

Percentage of most frequent types of touch used that were accurately decoded as a function of dyad gender

Encoder–Decoder group
Emotion	Male–Male			Male–Female			Female–Female			Female–Male
	Tactile behavior	M	SD	Tactile behavior	M	SD	Tactile behavior	M	SD	Tactile behavior	M	SD
Anger	Squeeze	40.44	47.07	Hit	30.31	43.23	Shake	22.22	44.10	Tremble	18.00	38.78
	Hit	27.17	43.75	Squeeze	16.31	33.89	Press	18.56	37.06	Hit	16.25	33.74
	Tremble	16.94	35.86	Lift	12.06	26.19	Hit	16.62	30.90	Slap	15.75	29.78
	Push	7.39	24.38	Shake	11.81	24.7	Slap	13.89	33.33	Squeeze	13.75	30.76
	Slap	5.11	15.98	Slap	8.31	25.8	Push	11.11	33.33	Push	9.44	25.80
Happiness	Shake	40.00	52.92	Swing	58.00	40.25	Swing	66.32	48.36	Swing	63.71	36.73
	Swing	33.33	57.74	Shake	17.63	28.75	Shake	14.08	25.78	Finger interlocking	14.29	37.80
	Slap	26.67	46.19	Lift	7.63	7.46	Pat	8.33	20.77	Shake	6.00	12.37
	Lift	13.33	23.09	Finger interlocking	7.63	21.57	Tap	8.33	28.87	Slap	3.86	10.21
	Finger interlock	4.39	9.28	Stroke	3.13	8.84	Lift	4.17	8.55	Lift	1.57	4.16
Sympathy	Pat	38.36	36.77	Pat	34.78	38.67	Pat	39.57	29.25	Pat	27.87	34.20
	Shake	15.73	32.11	Tremble	11.67	20.08	Stroke	22.22	31.65	Stroke	17.00	30.68
	Stroke	10.18	16.52	Stroke	10.89	22.39	Shake	6.60	10.06	Tremble	8.87	26.61
	Push	6.45	21.41	Squeeze	9.28	21.88	Rub	4.33	10.29	Rub	8.80	26.07
	Rub	4.55	15.08	Rub	8.39	17.02	Squeeze	3.07	8.93	Shake	4.07	13.02

Mean values refer to the percentage of total touch time each touch quality was used by the encoder to communicate the given emotion. Values range from 0 to 100 and greater values reflect a greater percentage of time that a particular quality of touch was utilized by the encoder