Handbooks of human communication describe personal distance as a protective bubble surrounding our body and stress the role of sex (along with other cultural and situational factors) in stretching and shrinking it. Using data from a simulated dyadic interaction procedure, we show that putative effects of sex may be explained by effects of one’s arm length in same-sex and different-sex interactions. This suggests that biological factors related to the body schema provide the crucial constraints on the use of personal space for communication.
Proxemics Revisited: Similar Effects of Arm Length on Men's and Women's Personal Distances / Bruno, Nicola; M., Muzzolini. - In: UNIVERSAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 2332-3477. - 1:(2)(2013), pp. 46-52. [10.13189/ujp.2013.010204]
Proxemics Revisited: Similar Effects of Arm Length on Men's and Women's Personal Distances.
BRUNO, Nicola;
2013-01-01
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Handbooks of human communication describe personal distance as a protective bubble surrounding our body and stress the role of sex (along with other cultural and situational factors) in stretching and shrinking it. Using data from a simulated dyadic interaction procedure, we show that putative effects of sex may be explained by effects of one’s arm length in same-sex and different-sex interactions. This suggests that biological factors related to the body schema provide the crucial constraints on the use of personal space for communication.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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