We examined the correlations among eye-contact, gesturing, and self-contact behaviors for 26 female university students during different neutral and emotional situations. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between eye-contact and right gesturing in two of four situations (rs, .37, .33) and a significant positive correlation (.33) between left self-contact and eye-contact during an initial relational contact.
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