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Data from Poland, Indonesia and Nepal indicate that affectionate behavior is associated with higher relationship satisfaction - though cultural differences impact how affection is displayed and perceived

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To hug or not to hug? Public and private displays of affection and relationship satisfaction among people from Indonesia, Nepal, and Poland

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Main effects of country in ANOVA analyses. Arrows indicate effects significant at p < .05 in Bonferroni-Holm post-hoc tests.  

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Credit: Kocur et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Data from Poland, Indonesia and Nepal indicate that affectionate behavior is associated with higher relationship satisfaction - though cultural differences impact how affection is displayed and perceived

Article URL: https://plos.io/3FLkDOt

Article title: To hug or not to hug? Public and private displays of affection and relationship satisfaction among people from Indonesia, Nepal, and Poland

Author countries: Poland, Nepal, Indonesia

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS One

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0326115

Article Title

To hug or not to hug? Public and private displays of affection and relationship satisfaction among people from Indonesia, Nepal, and Poland

Article Publication Date

25-Jun-2025

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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