Cross-cultural differences in the perception of crowding and privacy regulation: American and Turkish students

Autor:	Naz Kaya, Margaret J. Weber
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Privacy Level Social Psychology Turkish media_common.quotation_subject Crowding language.human_language Perception language Cross-cultural Sociology Social psychology Applied Psychology media_common Residence hall
Zdroj:	Journal of Environmental Psychology. 23:301-309
ISSN:	0272-4944
DOI:	10.1016/s0272-4944(02)00087-7
Popis:	This study examines cross-cultural differences in the perception of crowding and privacy regulation between American and Turkish freshmen living in similar residence hall settings. The research was conducted at Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Oklahoma, USA and at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. Participants were evenly divided across culture and gender. The total sample size was 408 freshmen living in double occupancy rooms. Results showed that American students desired more privacy in their residence hall rooms than Turkish students. Regardless of culture, males reported a greater desire for privacy than females. The crowding was significantly influenced by perceived privacy regulation. Students whose achieved privacy level was less than desired felt more crowded than either students whose level of achieved privacy was greater than what they desired or for those whose privacy was optimized (i.e. desired privacy=achieved privacy).
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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