This questionnaire assesses where participants would allow co-participants to touch them. Participants will be presented a body map (see figure) and asked to indicate for each body region how (un)comfortable they would feel if touched there by the co-participant. Adapted from Experiment 2 in Suvilehto et al. (2015).
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### Social Touch Questionnaire [Regions]
Please indicate for each of the following body regions whether it would be OK to be touched there by your co-participant:
[*Rating scale*: 1 = I wouldn't mind at all; 2 = Would bother me slightly; 3 = Would bother me somewhat; 4 = Would bother me; 5 = Would bother me very much]
**FRONT OF BODY**
- A - Face
- B - Upper Torso/Chest
- C - Lower Torso/Chest
- D - Genital Area
- E - Shoulders
- F - Arms
- G - Hands
- H - Legs
- I - Feet
**BACK OF BODY**
- J - Back Of Head
- K - Upper Torso/Upper Back
- L - Lower Torso/Upper Back
- M - Buttocks
- N - Shoulders
- O - Arms
- P - Hands
- Q - Legs
- R - Heels
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### References
Suvilehto, J.T., Glerean, E., Dunbar, R.I.M., Hari, R., & Nummenmaa, L. (2015). Topography of social touching depends on emotional bonds between humans. *PNAS, 112*(45), 12811-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519231112.
