Situational Transformation of Personal Space

This paper describes an experimental study that investigated how interpersonal distance varied depending on situational factors, as well as postures and gender. The results revealed statistically significant simple main effects of the “task”, “combination of bodily directions”, and “devices”. Interpersonal distances were affected by the differences between: (a) “without task > with a task”, (b) “front > lateral”, (c) “lateral > side-by-side”, and (d) “front > backward” under the conditions except for “typing” task. It was considered that interpersonal space was co-constructed through an interactive process by a dyad.