Open AccessFamily Cohesion and Personal Space in Families with Adolescents
Author(s) -
Jeffry H. Larson,
WENDELL LOWE
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of family issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.814
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1552-5481
pISSN - 0192-513X
DOI - 10.1177/019251390011001007
Subject(s) - personal space , psychology , space (punctuation) , developmental psychology , cohesion (chemistry) , relevance (law) , sample (material) , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , chromatography , political science , law
An empirical study of the relevance of the personal space concept when applied to adolescent family relationships was conducted with a sample of 40 intact, nonclinical families. Using the Family Approach-Stop Measure of personal space it was found that the spatial distance between the parents and an older adolescent was greater than the spatial distance between the parents and a younger adolescent. Using Pearson product moment correlations, it was found that there was a significant positive relationship between adolescent age and spatial distance between the adolescent and each of his or her parents.
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