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PERSONAL SPACE AMONGST ARABS AND AMERICANS *
Author(s) -
Sanders Jeffrey L.,
Hakky Ulfat M.,
Brizzolara Mary M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1002/j.1464-066x.1985.tb00011.x
Subject(s) - psychology , space (punctuation) , personal space , social psychology , demography , subject (documents) , gender studies , developmental psychology , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , library science , computer science
Personal space zones were examined amongst Arab and American university students by jointly varying degree of acquaintanceship and sex of subject. Overall, there were few differences between Arab and American males. Arab females, however, showed dramatic differences in comparison to American males and females and to Arab males. Arab females kept male friends very far away relative to female friends. Indeed, male friends were kept almost as far away as male strangers.