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Personality integration and social schemata 1
Author(s) -
Cooley Rebecca Smith,
Seeman Julius
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1979.tb00203.x
Subject(s) - closeness , psychology , personality , personal space , social psychology , interpersonal communication , space (punctuation) , interpersonal relationship , developmental psychology , social integration , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , political science , law , mathematical analysis
A bstract This study was designed to determine whether persons of differing levels of personality integration utilize different response sets to govern their personal space boundaries in relationships with parents and peers. These response sets or “social schemata” were operationally defined by Kuethe's (1962a) free placement felt figures technique and by tape recorded interviews with 30 female and 30 male undergraduates. Findings indicate that personality integration is significantly related to equality with parents and peers, to women's perceived closeness to parents, to the variability of personal space boundaries, and to “communicative richness” when individuals are asked to describe their interpersonal relationships verbally.