Table 6.
Spearman’s correlations of all social touch measures with Childhood Trauma and social support measures
| Spearman’s rho | CTQ emotional neglect | CTQ emotional abuse | CTQ physical neglect | CTQ physical abuse | CTQ sexual abuse | Total CTQ | SSQN | SSQS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAQ.ChT | − .72*** | − .49*** | − .43*** | − .33*** | − .21** | − .65*** | .38*** | .35*** |
| FTO | .65*** | .52*** | .38*** | .27*** | .12 | .60*** | − .41*** | − .32*** |
| QPCE.C | − .49*** | − .35*** | − .43*** | − .49*** | − .29*** | − .51*** | .26*** | .23*** |
| TEAQ.FFT | − .44*** | − .29*** | − .30*** | − .16* | − .01 | − .38*** | .35*** | .26*** |
| TEAQ.CIT | − .32*** | − .26*** | − .21** | − .17* | − .05 | − .31*** | .36*** | .46*** |
| TEAQ.ASC | − .21** | − .10 | − .19** | − .08 | − .08 | − .17* | .19** | .15* |
| TEAQ.AIT | − .16* | − .09 | − .18** | − .03 | − .01 | − .16* | .30*** | .24*** |
| TEAQ.AUT | − .22** | − .24*** | − .18** | − .03 | − .16* | − .22*** | .24*** | .14* |
| STQ | .35*** | .29*** | .28*** | .11 | .05 | .34*** | − .35*** | − .27*** |
| QPCE.P | − .25*** | − .26*** | − .15* | − .04 | .004 | − .24*** | .36*** | .42*** |
TEAQ Touch Experiences and Attitudes Questionnaire, ChT childhood touch, FFT friends and family touch, CIT current intimate touch, ASC attitude to self-care, AIT attitude to intimate touch, AUT attitude to unfamiliar touch, FTO familial touch orientation scale, QPCE.C questionnaire on physical contact experience childhood score, QPCE.P questionnaire on physical contact experience present score, STQ social touch questionnaire, CTQ childhood trauma questionnaire, SSQN number of social contacts, SSQS satisfaction with social support
***p ≤ 0.001; **p ≤ 0.01; *p ≤ 0.05 (2-tailed). Correlation coefficients > .3 are indicated in bold