A Child's Space: Personal Space Preferences of Preschool Children as a Function of Material and Tactile Stimuli.

Autor/inn/en	Angoli, Marilyn; Hensley, Wayne E.
Titel	A Child's Space: Personal Space Preferences of Preschool Children as a Function of Material and Tactile Stimuli.
Quelle	(1979), (20 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Childhood Attitudes; Communication Research; Communication (Thought Transfer); Educational Research; Interpersonal Relationship; Nonverbal Communication; Personal Space; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Social Relations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kommunikationsforschung; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Intimsphäre; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Soziale Beziehung
Abstract	In the context of reciprocity theory (in which disclosure by one person elicits self-disclosure by another person), personal space preferences of three-, four-, and five-year-old children were examined. Equal numbers of each age group and sex (N=120) were either given or not given material rewards and were either touched or not touched by the experimenters. Results revealed that children chose to be closer after being given a material reward but the same was not true for touching. Consistent messages resulted in closer approach distances than inconsistent messages. It was concluded that children as young as age three recognize and use reciprocity theory in interpersonal relationships. (Author/TJ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC