The phrase "affectionate behaviour" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe actions or gestures that express love or fondness towards someone or something.
Example: "The puppy displayed affectionate behaviour by cuddling up to its owner and licking their face."
Alternatives: "loving actions" or "tender gestures".
Look for overly affectionate behavior.
With her son, she is indulgent, anxious: you feel this is how McEnroe mère might have behaved: in public with one eye trained to spot the habitual bad behaviour; in private, maddened, affectionate and quick to forgive.
In school, the most effective teachers are warm and affectionate — and when trying to correct bad behaviour they remain calm, not punitive.
Stone told The New York Times that Rush's inappropriate behaviour started with a series of affectionate text messages, not long after the pair had started working together on The Diary of a Madman a production that Stone described as "the biggest break I had ever had".
They are directed at parents and reflect an increasing recognition that aspects of parenting such as boundary setting, positive discipline and warm and affectionate relationships are key in the prevention of behaviour problems [ 9].
Positive behaviours in this domain include behaviours such as mutual positive affect and maternal affectionate touch.
It involves developing trusting, respectful and affectionate relationships, encouraging youngsters to work together and rewarding positive behaviour.
Feto-maternal attachment was described by Muller as 'the unique and affectionate antenatal relationship that develops between a mother and fetus' and it is characterised by the behaviours, attitudes, thoughts and feelings that demonstrate care and commitment to the fetus [ 16, 17].
Affectionate partner to Bob.
She was more affectionate.
