Measurement of personal space by a real world situation method

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

ヤマグチ, チアキ

Yamaguchi, Chiaki

山, 祐嗣

ヤマ, ヒロシ

Yama, Hiroshi

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

現実世界状況法

生態学的妥当性

親近度

身長

personal space

real world situation method

ecological validity

degree of intimacy

height

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.

山, 祐嗣