Sex Differences in Reaction to Spatial Invasion
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 102 (1) , 59-60
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1977.9713239
Abstract
A field experiment (N = 120 male and female college students) was devised to test the effect of two independent variables on response to spatial invasion. First it was hypothesized that when invaded, female Ss would depart more quickly than males. Secondly, it was hypothesized that a brief verbal interchange with the S would increase the salience of the invasion and hence would result in even greater flight than in the standard invasion condition. Results showed that females fled sooner than males and particularly when the invasion was made more prominent by the verbal interchange. No main effect for sex of invader was found.Keywords
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