20.500.12556/DKUM-88787 COVID-19 and social distancing ǂa ǂcross-cultural study of interpersonal distance preferences and touch behaviors before and during the pandemic The 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. neverbalna komunikacija preference glede medosebne razdalje medosebni dotiki pandemija kovid COVID-19 fizična distanca medkulturna psihologija coronavirus nonverbal communication interpersonal distance preferences interpersonal touch behaviour cross-cultural psychology physical distancing neverbalna komunikacija preference glede medosebne razdalje medosebni dotiki pandemija kovid COVID-19 fizična distanca medkulturna psihologija true true false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2024-05-24 09:37:00 2024-08-02 12:59:24 2024-08-02 12:59:30 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 str. 41-69 ǂiss. ǂ1 ǂVol. ǂ58 Feb. 2024 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 159.922.4:616-036.22 173478403 10.1177/10693971231174935 1069-3971 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10693971231174935 1 6b11f6d8-19a0-11ef-a532-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=179719 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0