MALE AND FEMALE PERSONAL SPACE NEEDS AND ESCAPE REACTIONS UNDER INTRUSION: A TURKISH SAMPLE

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Two experiments were conducted to determine the personal space needs of Turkish males and females, and their reactions to intruders of this space in same‐ and opposite‐sex pairings. In experiment 1, the seating distances were measured for 32 male and 32 female undergraduate students on a bench already occupied by another person of either the same or opposite sex in a bogus experiment on line judgements. In experiment 2, 60 male and 60 female library users were observed under three conditions; (a) intrusion, (b) no‐intrusion, and (c) control. The results of both studies indicated that female subjects used larger distances when paired with a person of the opposite sex, and got up to leave their seats more often and earlier in the condition of intrusion by a male than a female. In same‐sex pairings, males were found to use somewhat larger distances and react faster to intrusions than females, but the differences between the two sexes did not reach statistical significance.

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