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THE EFFECT OF BODY LEAN AND STATUS OF AN INTERVIEWER ON THE NON‐VERBAL BEHAVIOR OF JAPANESE INTERVIEWEES
Author(s) -
Bond Michael H.,
Shiraishi Daisuke
Publication year - 1974
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 - 10.1080/00207597408247097
Subject(s) - psychology , humanities , interview , social psychology , nonverbal communication , developmental psychology , art , sociology , anthropology
This study was a preliminary investigation of non‐verbal communication in Japanese subjects. Sixteen males and sixteen females were interviewed by one of two male confederates. The confederates were described and dressed as either high or equal status persons. They assumed either a forward lean or a backward lean during the four minute interview. Tape and video recordings were analyzed across a wide spectrum of non‐verbal behaviors emitted by the subjects during the interview. Both status and body lean variables affected a variety of dependent measures, particularly for female subjects. A factor analysis of the non‐verbal behaviors produced some unexpected results which have implications for similar studies done in other cultures.