Preferred interpersonal distances: A global comparison
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology • Vol/Iss. 48(4) • Sage • • Published In • Pages: 577-592 •
By Sorokowska, Agnieszka, Sorokowski, Piotr, Hilpert, Peter, Cantarero, Katarzyna, Frackowiak, Tomasz, Ahmadi, Khodabakhsh, Alghraibeh, Ahmad M., Aryeetey, Richmond, Bertoni, Anna, Bettache, Karim, Blumen, Sheyla, Błażejewska, Marta, Bortolini, Tiago, Butovskaya, Marina, Castro, Felipe Nalon, Cetinkaya, Hakan, Cunha, Diana, David, Daniel, David, Oana A., Dileym, Fahd A., Domínguez Espinosa, Alejandra del Carmen, Donato, Silvia, Dronova, Daria, Dural, Seda, Fialová, Jitka, Fisher, Maryanne L. , Gulbetekin, Evrim, Hamamcıoğlu Akkaya, Aslıhan, Hromatko, Ivana, Iafrate, Raffaella, Iesyp, Mariana, James, Bawo, Jaranovic, Jelena, Jiang, Feng, Kimamo, Charles Obadiah, Kjelvik, Grete, Koç, Fırat, Laar, Amos, de Araújo Lopes, Fívia, Macbeth, Guillermo, Marcano, Nicole M., Martinez, Rocio, Mesko, Norbert, Molodovskaya, Natalya, Moradi, Khadijeh, Motahari, Zahrasadat, Mühlhauser, Alexandra, Natividade, Jean Carlos, Ntayi, Joseph, Oberzaucher, Elisabeth, Ojedokun, Oluyinka, Omar-Fauzee, Mohd Sofian Bin, Onyishi, Ike E. , Paluszak, Anna, Portugal, Alda, Razumiejczyk, Eugenia
Hypothesis
"environmental and psychological factors will be related to interpersonal distance across countries (581)"
Note
Age, gender, and temperature were found to be significantly related to preferred interpersonal distances. Age and temperature were the only variables found to be significantly related to all three classes of interpersonal distances (social, personal, and intimate). All other variables did not exhibit a significant relationship to interpersonal distance.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multilevel model | Partial | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Age | Independent | Age Stratification |
| Gender | Independent | Gender Status |
| Human Development Index | Independent | NONE |
| Population Growth | Independent | Population |
| Temperature | Independent | Climate |
| Social distance | Dependent | Social Personality, Proxemics |
| Personal distance | Dependent | Proxemics, Social Personality |
| Intimate distance | Dependent | Proxemics, Social Personality |
| Ingroup Favoritism | Independent | Social Relationships And Groups, Friendships, Ingroup Antagonisms |
| Nonzoonotic parasites | Independent | Flora, Morbidity |
| Zoonotic parasites | Independent | Fauna, Morbidity |