The effect of height and shoulder-to-hip ratio on interpersonal space in virtual environment
| Autor: | Joana Arantes, Jorge A. Santos, Farid Pazhoohi, João Lamas, Sandra Mouta, Carlos Silva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Shoulder width media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Interpersonal communication Space (commercial competition) computer.software_genre 050105 experimental psychology Personal Space Young Adult Proxemics Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Perception Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Interpersonal Relations 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences media_common Portugal Psychological research 05 social sciences Virtual Reality General Medicine Body Height Dominance (ethology) Social Perception Virtual machine Female Psychology Social psychology computer |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Research. 83:1184-1193 |
| ISSN: | 1430-2772 0340-0727 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00426-017-0968-1 |
| Popis: | Previous research has associated men's physical features such as height and Shoulder-to-Hip Ratio (SHR) with dominance. Proxemics literature has suggested that the interpersonal space (comfort distance) increases in threatening and uncomfortable situations and decreases in unthreatening and comfortable situations. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the effect of different heights and SHRs on comfortable interpersonal distance by systematic manipulation of virtual confederates bodily features. More specifically, participants determined their comfort distances from virtual male confederates with different heights and SHRs in a virtual environment. We hypothesized that a virtual confederate's height and SHR influences the perception of interpersonal dominance; and consequently interpersonal space increases for taller and broader confederates as a result of increased interpersonal dominance. Results showed that comfortable interpersonal distance was positively associated with height for male participants, but not for female participants. No effect was found for shoulder width, neither for male nor female participants. Results were discussed in terms of the importance of height as a signal of dominance and fighting ability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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