COVID-19 and Social Distancing: A Cross-Cultural Study of Interpersonal Distance Preferences and Touch Behaviors Before and During the Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorCroy, Ilona
dc.contributor.authorHeller, Carina
dc.contributor.authorAkello, Grace
dc.contributor.authorAnjum, Afifa
dc.contributor.authorAtama, Chiemezie
dc.contributor.authorAvsec, Andreja
dc.contributor.authorBizumic, Boris
dc.contributor.authorBorges Rodrigues, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorBoussena, Mahmoud
dc.contributor.authorButovskaya, Marina
dc.contributor.authorCan, Seda
dc.contributor.authorCetinkaya, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorContreras-Garduno, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Rui Costa
dc.contributor.authorCzub, Marcin
dc.contributor.authorDemuthova, Slavka
dc.contributor.authorDronova, Daria
dc.contributor.authorDural, Seda
dc.contributor.authorEya, Oliver Ifeanyi
dc.contributor.authorFatma, Mokadem
dc.contributor.authorFrackowiak, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorGuemaz, Farida
dc.contributor.authorHromatko, Ivana
dc.contributor.authorKafetsios, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorKavcic, Tina
dc.contributor.authorKhilji, Imran
dc.contributor.authorKruk, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorLazar, Catalin
dc.contributor.authorLindholm, Torun
dc.contributor.authorLondero-Santos, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorMonaghan, Conal
dc.contributor.authorShahid, Anam
dc.contributor.authorMusil, Bojan
dc.contributor.authorNatividade, Jean Carlos
dc.contributor.authorOberzaucher, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorOleszkiewicz, Anna
dc.contributor.authorOnyishi, Ike E.
dc.contributor.authorOnyishi, Charity
dc.contributor.authorPagani, Ariela F.
dc.contributor.authorParise, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorPisanski, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorPlohl, Nejc
dc.contributor.authorPopa, Camelia
dc.contributor.authorProkop, Pavol
dc.contributor.authorRizwan, Muhammad
dc.contributor.authorSainz, Mario
dc.contributor.authorSargautyte, Ruta
dc.contributor.authorSharad, Shivantika
dc.contributor.authorValentova, Jaroslava
dc.contributor.authorVarella, Marco
dc.contributor.authorYakhlef, Belkacem
dc.contributor.authorYoo, Gyesook
dc.contributor.authorZager Kocjan, Gaja
dc.contributor.authorZupancic, Maja
dc.contributor.authorSorokowska, Agnieszka
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T17:11:18Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T17:11:18Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 14,000 individual cases from two large, cross-cultural surveys - the first conducted 2 years prior to the pandemic and the second during a relatively stable period of a decreased infection rate in May-June 2021. Preferred interpersonal distances increased by 54% globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase was observable across all types of relationships, all countries, and was more pronounced in individuals with higher self-reported vulnerability to diseases. Unexpectedly, participants reported a higher incidence of interpersonal touch behaviors during than before the pandemic. We discuss our results in the context of prosocial and self-protection motivations that potentially promote different social behaviors.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/10693971231174935
dc.identifier.eissn1552-3578
dc.identifier.issn1069-3971
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/10693971231174935
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/91173
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001107326900001
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final69
dc.pagina.inicio41
dc.revistaCross-cultural research
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectnonverbal communication
dc.subjectinterpersonal distance preferences
dc.subjectinterpersonal touch behaviors
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemic
dc.subjectcross-cultural psychology
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleCOVID-19 and Social Distancing: A Cross-Cultural Study of Interpersonal Distance Preferences and Touch Behaviors Before and During the Pandemic
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen58
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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