Measurement of personal space by a real world situation method

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  • 現実世界状況法によるパーソナル・スペースの測定
  • ゲンジツ　セカイ　ジョウキョウホウ　ニ　ヨル　パーソナル　スペース　ノ　ソクテイ

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The present study measured“personal space”using the real world situation method (Novelli et al.,2010), and examined the influence of two factors (degree of intimacy/height)hypothesized to affect preference for personal space.Each female participant(N=34)was asked to discuss a familiar topic (a filler task) with a confederate and to adjust the distance between her seat and the confederate's so as to create a comfortable personal space. Participants were assigned to either a high-intimacy condition with a known confederate or low-intimacy condition with an unknown confederate.When participants were unfamiliar with the confederate, they maintained a larger personal space. Furthermore, taller participants tended to maintain a larger personal space. These results, in conjunction with the results from a follow-up questionnaire,suggest that people create physical distance not so much as a form of self-protection, but rather as a way to demonstrate consideration for others.

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  • 対人社会心理学研究

    対人社会心理学研究 16 1-8, 2016

    大阪大学大学院人間科学研究科対人社会心理学研究室

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