The chief aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire to assess the level of touch avoidance (TA), i.e., attitudes towards physical touch in relation to others. Material, methods. In order to validate the Touch Avoidance Questionnaire, an attachment style questionnaire was distributed to 293 Swedish university students. Reliability and validity tests of the TAQ were assessed. Statistical analyses of TAQ yielded sound psychometric properties. Results showed that the TAQ contains five factors. Results relating to attachment style were similar to previous research; 'secure' and 'preoccupied' attachment styles do not correlate with touch avoidance, while 'fearful' and 'dismissing' showed interesting relations. Males showed more TA than females in relation to partner, family, and friends of the same sex
