Interpersonal physical space was measured in two groups of male high school students, 30 deviants and 30 normals. Analysis of variance showed that (a) deviants demanded a greater proxemic area, (b) there was a significant increase in proxemic distance from front to rear with no difference between the groups, and (c) both groups demonstrated the…

It has been a well-accepted axiom that the behavior of an individual is related closely to his perception. This research with children demonstrates the value of objective assessment of an individual's perception of social interactions in order to be able to predict more precisely some aspects of his interpersonal behavior. (Author)

A theoretical framework is here proposed in an attempt to explain the apparent discrepancy between the actual behavior of participants and what they say they experienced and learned in personal growth programs. (Author)

Analyzes self-disclosure in terms of positive and negative participant attraction, and degree of message intimacy. (MH)

This paper considers what the author believes to be weaknesses in Donald Cushman's and Gordon Whiting's analysis of rules, which represent an important movement from monadic to dyadic concepts in explaining patterns of communication behavior. (Author/RK)

This paper examines the relationship of some social factors with extramarital sexual permissiveness. Findings indicate that the best variable to explain extramarital sexual permissiveness is premarital sexual permissiveness. (Author)

College students were instigated by a confederate and then interacted with that same person on a reaction time completion task. The confederate informed half of the treatment subjects of the response strategy he intended to adopt. The other half received an irrelevant message. Subjects in both message conditions then competed against the…

Examines the effect on a recipient of another's effort to provide help. Two variables, locus of responsibility for initiating a help attempt and type of outcome resulting from the help attempt, were manipulated in a three x two factorial design. Results indicated that the Requested help condition yielded the strongest obligation to help others.…

Two concepts describing human special behavior are delineated. A field experiment was designed to test whether personal belongings left as markers in public areas (i.e. cafeteria setting) function to protect a territory or to maintain a comfortable social distance. It is suggested the term territory" be restricted to situations in which the space…

Results indicate that individuals with relatively less developed (less differentiated) interpersonal construct systems can be expected to exhibit greater consistency between their attitudes about a person and their behavioral intentions toward that person than those with more developed interpersonal construct systems. (PD)

Observes the seating arrangements by sex of three or more people seated at rectangular tables in 176 social and 150 nonsocial settings. Postulates the importance of situational context and learned sexual norms in the observed spatial behaviors. (RL)

Reports on a study designed to investigate the variables of greeting behavior. (MH)