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The effect of sensory awareness training on interpersonal social distance in fourth graders
Author(s) -
Franz Wanda K.,
Berning Lawrence W.,
Reilly Eileen M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197601)13:1<58::aid-pits2310130114>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - psychology , interpersonal communication , intervention (counseling) , training (meteorology) , social skills , interpersonal relationship , sensory system , applied psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , mathematics education , cognitive psychology , physics , meteorology , psychiatry
The use of sensory awareness training and the place of training (youth hostel or regular classroom) were systematically controlled in 4 fourth‐grade classrooms. The Horace Mann‐Lincoln Social Distance Scale was given. A 2‐way nested analysis of variance produced significant effects of intervention training in both settings. This supports the hypothesis that sensory awareness and personal contact promote lessening of social distance within groups. The training methods described in this study can easily be adapted for use in elementary classrooms as a part of group activities and as a counseling technique.