Labeling Effects as a Determinant of Personal Space

Author

Omega Galliano, Fort Hays State University

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/LGKL2910

Date of Award

1979

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Advisor

Thomas T. Jackson

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.

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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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© 1979 Omega Galliano