The Personal Space of Patient with Schizophrenia from Sitting Position in Occupational Therapy Interview Setting.

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  • 作業療法面接場面からみた統合失調症患者のパーソナル・スペース
  • サギョウ リョウホウ メンセツ バメン カラ ミタ トウゴウ シッチョウショウ カンジャ ノ パーソナル スペース

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Personal space is the area individuals maintain around themselves into which others cannot intrude without arousing discomfort. It has been reported that personal space is larger in patients with schizophrenia than in healthy controls. The purpose of this study is to prove that the personal space of patients with schizophrenia is larger than that of healthy controls in an interview scene of occupational therapy. We examined subject's sitting position in an interview setting. The distance from a female occupational therapist(OTR) and the angle from OTR's head orientation were measured and defined as subject's personal space. The distance from OTR was significantly longer in schizophrenia patient group than that of control group. The angle of from OTR's head orientation was also significantly larger in the patient group. The results suggest that patients with schizophrenia may maintain personal space keeping a longer distance and avoiding eye contact from a therapist. Therefore, understanding a characteristic of personal space in patients with schizophrenia may help a therapist to make an interpersonal relation in occupational therapy settings.

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