Preferred Interpersonal Distances

Autor(en): Agnieszka Sorokowska, Piotr Sorokowski, Peter Hilpert, Katarzyna Cantarero, Tomasz Frackowiak, Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Ahmad M. Alghraibeh, Richmond Aryeetey, Anna Bertoni, Karim Bettache, Sheyla Blumen, Marta Blazejewska, Tiago Bortolini, Marina Butovskaya, Felipe Nalon Castro, Hakan Cetinkaya, Diana Cunha, Daniel David, Oana A. David, Fahd A. Dileym, Alejandra del Carmen Dominguez Espinosa, Silvia Donato, Daria Dronova, Seda Dural, Jitka Fialova, Maryanne Fisher, Evrim Gulbetekin, Aslihan Hamamcioglu Akkaya, Ivana Hromatko, Raffaella Iafrate, Mariana Iesyp, Bawo James, Jelena Jaranovic, Feng Jiang, Charles Obadiah Kimamo, Grete Kjelvik, Firat Koc, Amos Laar, Fivia de Araujo Lopes, Guillermo Macbeth, Nicole M. Marcano, Rocio Martinez, Norbert Mesko, Natalya Molodovskaya, Khadijeh Moradi, Zahrasadat Motahari, Alexandra Muehlhauser, Jean Carlos Natividade, Joseph Ntayi, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Oluyinka Ojedokun, Mohd Sofian Bin Omar-Fauzee, Ike E. Onyishi, Anna Paluszak, Alda Portugal, Eugenia Razumiejczyk, Anu Realo, Ana Paula Relvas, Maria Rivas, Muhammad Rizwan, Svjetlana Salkicevic, Ivan Sarmany-Schuller, Susanne Schmehl, Oksana Senyk, Charlotte Sinding, Eftychia Stamkou, Stanislava Stoyanova, Denisa Sukolova, Nina Sutresna, Meri Tadinac, Andero Teras, Edna Lucia Tinoco Ponciano, Ritu Tripathi, Nachiketa Tripathi, Mamta Tripathi, Olja Uhryn, Maria Emilia Yamamoto, Gyesook Yoo, John D. Pierce
Abstrakt: Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of interpersonal distances over a large data set (N = 8,943 participants from 42 countries). We attempted to relate the preferred social, personal, and intimate distances observed in each country to a set of individual characteristics of the participants, and some attributes of their cultures. Our study indicates that individual characteristics (age and gender) influence interpersonal space preferences and that some variation in results can be explained by temperature in a given region. We also present objective values of preferred interpersonal distances in different regions, which might be used as a reference data point in future studies.
Organisation(en): Department für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Externe Organisation(en): Uniwersytet Wrocławski, University of Washington, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, King Saud University, University of Ghana, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow University for the Humanities, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Ankara Üniversitesi, Universidade de Coimbra, Babeș-Bolyai University, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, İzmir University of Economics, Charles University Prague, Saint Mary's University, Akdeniz University, Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, University of Zagreb, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, University of Belgrade, Central University of Finance and Economics, University of Nairobi, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) , Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, University of Pennsylvania, Universidad de Granada, University of Pécs, Razi University, University of New Brunswick (UNB), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Makerere University, Adekunle Ajasin University, Universiti Utara Malaysia, University of Nigeria, University of Warwick, University of Tartu, Universidad del Magdalena, University of Karachi, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Technische Universität Dresden, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Matej Bel University, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Mottemaru OU, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Kyung Hee University
Journal: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Band: 48
Seiten: 577-592
Anzahl der Seiten: 16
ISSN: 0022-0221
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117698039
Publikationsdatum: 05-2017
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ÖFOS 2012: 501021 Sozialpsychologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Social Psychology
Link zum Portal: https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/dcbda753-6370-44b7-a223-cde16ab41f9e