Department
Psychology
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
The effects of favorable (i.e., normal) and unfavorable (i.e., mentally ill) labels were assessed using a Felt Figure Replacement Technique, a Comfortable Interpersonal Distance Scale, and a 7-point bi-polar scale. Female subjects portrayed various social schemata between figures labeling “self” and figures given a favorable or unfavorable label. The assumption was that unfavorably labeled figures would be placed further away from the self figure than favorably labeled figures. When the data of the 108 female college students were analyzed, there was a significant difference in the distance between the self figure and the favorably or unfavorably labeled figure. The self figure was placed closer to the mentally healthy figure than to the mentally ill figure.
Advisor
Thomas T. Jackson
Date of Award
1979
Document Type
Thesis - campus only access
Recommended Citation
Galliano, Omega, "Labeling Effects as a Determinant of Personal Space" (1979). Master's Theses. 1750.
DOI: 10.58809/LGKL2910
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/1750
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