Shyness as a Determinant of Interpersonal Distance
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 44 (3_suppl) , 1075-1078
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1979.44.3c.1075
Abstract
A measure of interpersonal distance from either a same-sex or opposite-sex individual was recorded for 31 male and 42 female subjects who were classified as either very or not shy individuals. As predicted, very shy individuals maintained greater interpersonal distance from others, particularly those of the opposite sex, than not shy individuals. A discussion of methodological refinements and suggestions for future research are presented.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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