The Development of Personal Space Schemata toward Body Build

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Abstract
The development of personal space schemata toward Endomorph, Mesomorph, and Ectomorph body builds was investigated in a study of male and female kindergarten through third grade children. Subjects were instructed to move a marker along a board to indicate how close they wanted to come to stimulus figures representing each of the three body types. Results indicated that females used greater spatial distances than did males at all age levels, and that in grades one through three greater distance was used toward the Endomorph than towards either the Mesomorph or Ectomorph. Findings were discussed in relation to previous studies of personal space and of body build stereotypes.