Handshakes are so important to people in business that they dedicate entire lessons to proper handshake etiquette. This study offers a more in-depth look at how personality is demonstrated through the handshake. I choose this topic because I have always seen a positive correlation between someone's personality and their handshake. I believe you can learn a lot about someone by the way they shake your hand. This was not a true experiment in the sense of manipulating variables, but the results were important and should be followed. I learned from the introductory section that historically the handshake was used primarily by men as a common greeting. Many legends claim that the handshake was used between men/adversaries to indicate the level of aggression. The authors studied the extensive literature devoted to handshaking etiquette and three studies by Astroem and his colleagues. Astroem wrote each study together with several colleagues per study. His first study involved psychiatric inpatients, so the results were limited. The second study included 25 males and 25 females, all of normal intelligence. The limitation of this study was that there was only one male experimenter; rated both males and females on hand temperature, dryness, grip strength and consistency. Astroem used a Swedish personality inventory to determine how the results related to personality. Astroem's final study was based on interviews with 47 people who he said were expert handshakers such as clergy, salespeople and therapists. He concluded that there was enough evidence to say that there was a correlation between handshake and personality. However; the amount of research on this topic is very limited. Acco...... half of the article ......ressions; that could help your career or derail it. People only get one chance to make a first impression, so a firm handshake goes a long way. I see handshakes as a connection between two people. What does it say about your character if you present someone with a limp, passive hand? Personally, I'm wary of people who don't grip my hand firmly and don't look me in the eye. In my opinion, the dimensions of the evaluator's personality are also reflected in the way a handshake is received. I think this is a very fascinating topic that has many implications. I also think that a cultural component should be assessed in a study. Handshakes are culturally bound; in some countries it is a personal insult to shake hands with the hand you wiped yourself with. There are many other cultural taboos about shaking hands that should be taken into consideration, as well as personality traits.