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. 2020 Nov 10;11:557171. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.557171

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Copyright © 2020 Devine, Walker, Makdani, Stockton, McFarquhar, McGlone and Trotter.

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Median Touch Experiences and Attitudes Questionnaire (TEAQ) subscale scores for care leavers and non-care leavers with error bars showing 25th and 75th percentiles. Care leavers reported significantly lower levels of positive childhood touch than non-care leavers (^***p < 0.001). No other differences were significant. FFT, friends and family touch; CIT, current intimate touch; ChT, childhood touch; ASC, attitude to self-care; AIT, attitude to intimate touch; AUT, attitude to unfamiliar touch.