Term of Award
Winter 1977
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Department
Department of Psychology
Committee Chair
Georgelle Thomas
Committee Member 1
Richard L. Rogers
Committee Member 2
Shirley W. Osgood
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between personal space and sex-roles. Twenty-five feminine females, twenty-five androgynous females, twenty-five androgynous males, and twenty-five masculine males viewed a film of male and female approaching stimulus persons in distress and non-distress conditions. Subjects marked the Comfortable Interpersonal Distance Scale at the point where they would prefer the stimulus person to halt. The data, distance measured in millimeters, was examined by analysis of variance. Distressed stimulus persons were not allowed to approach as closely as non-distressed stimulus persons. Males allowed the distressed female to approach closer than the distressed male. Sex-typed subjects did not allow the distressed male to approach as closely as the non-distressed male, while androgynous subjects did not make this distinction.
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Recommended Citation
Glisson, Pam, "The Effect of Distress vs. Non-Distress Approach on the Personal Space of Masculine, Feminine and Androgynous Subjects" (1977). Legacy ETDs. 581.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/581
