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Touch when the client was seeking affirmation or support were hypothesized to be contexts where touch was congruent with the nature of the counseling interaction, and touch when the client was seeking a dependent or a sexual relationship were hypothesized to be contexts where touch was discordant with the nature of the counseling interaction. Therefore, touch when the client was seeking affirmation or support were predicted to generate more favorable perceptions than touch when the client was seeking a dependent relationship or a sexual relationship.","The tapes were shown to 96 female undergraduates who were taken from a subject pool at a major midwestern university in the United States. Each of the subjects was exposed to two of the four videotapes. The data were analyzed using a balanced incomplete block design and a split-plot factorial design. The results of these analyses strongly supported the thesis that the effects of touch were mediated by the context. 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