Preference for Touch and Empathy

Please answer all of the following questions.

Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Highest grade completed
1. When you were younger, did your family engage in non-erotic physical contact often?
2. When you were younger, did your peer group/friends engage in non-erotic physical contact often?
3. When you were younger, did you have any adult role models who engaged in non-erotic physical contact often?
4. Do you feel comfortable being touched in a non-erotic way with members of the same sex?
5. Do you feel comfortable being touched in a non-erotic way with members of the opposite sex?
 
On a 1-7 Likert scale, please rate how comfortable you would be in the given situations…
1. Sharing an armrest at the movies with a stranger.
2. Having a small child whom you do not know ask for a hug.
3. Having your coach hug you after a big win/loss.
4. Hugging someone after a death.
5. Sleeping close to your best friend in the same bed.
6. You are in a hall way and someone places a hand on the small of your back to move you aside without bumping into you.
7. Holding a small child's hand as they cross the street.
8. You are sitting on a public bus and you tap a person on the shoulder to ask them to move over.
9. On a first date, your date touches you on your face.
10. On a first date, you touch your date's hand.
 
Rate on a scale from 1-5 how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statments
1.      I feel like crying when watching a sad movie.  
2.      Certain pieces of music can really move me.    
3.      Seeing a hurt animal by the side of the road is very upsetting. 
4.      I don't give others' feelings much thought.
5.      It makes me happy when I see people being nice to each other.  
6.      The suffering of others deeply disturbs me.
7.      I always try to tune in to the feelings of those around me.    
8.      I get very upset when I see a young child who is being treated meanly. 
9.      Too much is made of the suffering of pets or animals.  
10.     If someone is upset I get upset, too.  
11.     When I'm with other people who are laughing I join in. 
12.     It makes me mad to see someone treated unjustly
13.     I rarely take notice when people treat each other warmly.      
14.     I feel happy when I see people laughing and enjoying themselves
15.     It's easy for me to get carried away by other people's emotions.       
16.     My feelings are my own and don't reflect how others feel.      
17.     If a crowd gets excited about something so do I.       
18.     I feel good when I help someone out or do something nice for someone.  
19.     I feel deeply for others
20.     I don't cry easily.    
21.     I feel other people's pain.    
22.     Seeing other people smile makes me smile
23.     Being around happy people makes me feel happy, too.    
24.     TV or news stories about injured or sick children greatly upset me.    
25.     I cry at sad parts of the books I read
26.     Being around people who are depressed brings my mood down
27.     I find it annoying when people cry in public
28.     It hurts to see another person in pain.        
29.     I get a warm feeling for someone if I see them helping another person
30.     I feel other people's joy.    
 
Please indicate the extent to which the statement is characteristic of you. You should rate the extent to which the pair of traits applies to you, even if one characteristic applies more strongly than the other. Please base your ratings on how you see yourself at the present time. (1-7 Likert scale)
1. Anxious, easily upset  
2. Critical, quarrelsome  
3. Sympathetic, warm  
4. Calm, emotionally stable  
5. Reserved, quiet  
6. Extraverted, enthusiastic  
7. Dependable, self-disciplined.    
8. Disorganized, careless  
9. Open to new experiences, complex.    
10. Conventional, uncreative.    

 

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