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PERSONAL SPACE: AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF MARITAL QUALITY
Author(s) -
Crane D. Russell,
Griffin William
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1983.tb01519.x
Subject(s) - griffin , psychology , library science , sociology , history , classics , computer science
Personal space, a research area common to social psychology, is a dimension of interpersonal behavior potentially useful in assessing marital relationships. Personal space has been extensively researched and has been found to be smaller for husband-wife dyads than for same sex and opposite sex dyads (Hill, Blackman & Crane, 1982). The purpose of this study was to test the relevance of the personal space concept when applied to marital relationships. Positive results would yield preliminary data on an objective measure of marital quality. METHOD Subjects students. Subjects were 24 married couples recruited primarily from clients (22) of practicum