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Summary
Each of 35 male Ss entered a room and was greeted by a male interviewer seated at the opposite end of the room, who asked him to pull up a chair. A measurement was taken of the distance at which S positioned his chair from E's (proximity measurement). Following a brief orientation on the alleged purpose of the experiment, S was given the Personality Research Form (PRF) and asked to complete it at home.
Correlations were computed between scores on the 22 scales of the PRF and proximity measurements. Significant negative correlations were obtained between proximity measures and scores on the “Exhibition” scale (r = −.43 p < .01) and the “Impulsivity” scale (r = −.36, p < .05). The reliability of such proximity measures is reported from a previous study. The results are discussed in terms of Hall's classification system of interpersonal space.