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Come together: two studies concerning the impact of group relations on personal space

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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:28 authored by David Novelli, John DruryJohn Drury, Steve Reicher
This paper describes two experiments investigating the impact of group relations on personal space. In Study 1, participants (N=39) in minimal groups were told that they would be interacting with another person. In line with expectations, personal space (as measured by the distance between chairs) was significantly less in the intragroup context than in the intergroup and interpersonal contexts. This finding was replicated in Study 2 (N=80) using an improved experimental design. These results are discussed in terms of developing a self-categorization account of personal space and crowding.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

British Journal of Social Psychology

ISSN

0144-6665

Issue

2

Volume

49

Page range

223-236

Pages

14.0

Department affiliated with

  • Psychology Publications

Notes

This paper is based on the final year project and DPhil research of a student I supervised. I wrote much of the paper.

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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