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Situational Transformation of Personal Space

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Abstract

This paper describes an experimental study that investigated how interpersonal distance varied depending on situational factors, as well as postures and gender. The results revealed statistically significant simple main effects of the “task”, “combination of bodily directions”, and “devices”. Interpersonal distances were affected by the differences between: (a) “without task > with a task”, (b) “front > lateral”, (c) “lateral > side-by-side”, and (d) “front > backward” under the conditions except for “typing” task. It was considered that interpersonal space was co-constructed through an interactive process by a dyad.

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Metadata
Title
Situational Transformation of Personal Space
Authors
Yosuke Kinoe
Nami Mizuno
Copyright Year
2015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20618-9_2