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Universal Journal of Psychology(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 1(2), pp. 46 - 52
DOI: 10.13189/ujp.2013.010204
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Proxemics Revisited: Similar Effects of Arms Length on Men's and Women's Personal Distances
Nicola Bruno1,*, Michela Muzzolini2
1 Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Unit脿 di Psicologia, Universit脿 di Parma, Borgo Carissimi 10, 43100 Parma, Italy
2 Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Unit脿 di Psicologia "Gaetano Kaniza", via Weiss 21, 34178 Trieste, Italy
ABSTRACT
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鈥檚 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.
KEYWORDS
Proxemics, Personal distance, Sex, Body Schema
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Nicola Bruno , Michela Muzzolini , "Proxemics Revisited: Similar Effects of Arms Length on Men's and Women's Personal Distances," Universal Journal of Psychology(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 46 - 52, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/ujp.2013.010204.
(b). APA Format:
Nicola Bruno , Michela Muzzolini (2013). Proxemics Revisited: Similar Effects of Arms Length on Men's and Women's Personal Distances. Universal Journal of Psychology(CEASE PUBLICATION), 1(2), 46 - 52. DOI: 10.13189/ujp.2013.010204.