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      Tactile Biography Questionnaire: A contribution to its validation in an Italian sample

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          As the interest in the beneficial effects of positive touch experiences is rapidly growing, having reliable and valid tools to its assessment is essential. The Tactile Biography Questionnaire (TBQ) allows to quantify individual differences in affective touch experiences throughout life. The aim of this article is to present a contribution to its validation in the Italian population. Data analysis were run on a sample of 2040 Italian individuals (Females = 1342, 64%) participating in an on-line survey. Confirmatory Factor Analysis and invariance analyses for gender were applied. Concurrent validity was checked using two specific subscales of the Touch Avoidance Questionnaire (TAQ—i.e., Family and Stranger). The four-dimensional structure of the TBQ was confirmed in the overall sample and by gender. Also, the TBQ showed an excellent internal consistency and a good concurrent validity with TAQ. The present study suggests that the TBQ can be used to support healthcare professionals and researchers to assess experiences of affective touch in different settings.

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                PLoS One
                PLoS One
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                PLoS ONE
                Public Library of Science (San Francisco, CA USA )
                1932-6203
                15 September 2022
                2022
                : 17
                : 9
                : e0274477
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
                [2 ] 0–3 Center for the at-Risk Infant, Scientific Institute IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy
                University of Pavia: Universita degli Studi di Pavia, ITALY
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                Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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                https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-5124
                https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0392-4332
                Article
                PONE-D-22-12089
                10.1371/journal.pone.0274477
                9477375
                36107821
                817c8791-a068-412e-9ffe-97342f1588c3
                © 2022 Mariani Wigley et al

                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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                : 25 April 2022
                : 29 August 2022
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                Figures: 2, Tables: 4, Pages: 16
                Funding
                Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003196, Ministero della Salute;
                Award ID: SG-2018-12368279
                Award Recipient :
                Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003196, Ministero della Salute;
                Award ID: ricerca corrente 2021
                Award Recipient :
                ILCMW was supported by the PhD scholarship of University of Padua, Padua, Italy. The contribution of EM was partially supported by Italian Ministry of Health grant# Ricerca Finalizzata SG-2018-12368279. The contribution of RM was partially supported by Italian Ministry of Health Ricerca Corrente 2021. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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