Neuroticism and Proxemic Behavior

Julio, Steven De; Duffy, Karen Grover

doi:10.2466/pms.1977.45.1.51

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“…However, since RWA was not measured in this study, future studies are needed to test whether RWA mediates the relationships between extraversion and conscientiousness with stigma. Previous studies on proxemics and neuroticism suggested that people who scored higher on neuroticism had a general tendency to prefer more social distance compared to those with lower scores [ 44 ].…”

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Direct and moderating effects of personality on stigma towards mental illness

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BackgroundWhile many studies have explored the concept and correlates of stigma towards individuals with mental illness, few have investigated the role of personality in this process. In the current study, we firstly examined the relationship between personality and stigma towards mental illness; and then explored the moderating effects of personality traits on the relationship between contact experience/s and stigma.MethodsParticipants were recruited from public medical (N = 502) and nursing schools (N = 500) from April to September 2016 in Singapore for this cross-sectional survey, and they were randomly assigned to a vignette describing one of the following mental disorders: major depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, alcohol abuse, schizophrenia, and dementia. Stigma was measured by the ‘Personal and Perceived scales of the Depression Stigma Scale’ and the ‘Social Distance Scale’. These scales together had a 3-factor structure based on a previous national study in Singapore, namely ‘weak-not-sick’, ‘dangerous/unpredictable’ and ‘social distance’. Personality was measured by the 20-item short form of the International Personality Item Pool-five factor model measure.ResultsRegression suggested agreeableness and openness to experience were negatively associated with all three domains of stigma. ‘Weak-not-sick’ and extraversion were positively associated; and ‘social distance’ was positively associated with higher scores on conscientiousness and neuroticism. Both close- and non-close contact were associated with more positive attitudes towards mental illness among the participants. Openness to experience moderated the relationships of close contact experience with ‘weak-not-sick’ and ‘dangerous/unpredictable’, but in different directions. The association between close contact and ‘social distance’ were moderated by agreeableness.ConclusionsUnlike non-close contact experience, close contact with people with mental illness worked differently on stigma for individuals with different personality traits. Future studies are needed to further explore the underlying mechanisms for such differences.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12888-018-1932-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…With respect to personality traits, a number of studies yielded intuitively sensible results. For instance, neuroticism and introversion-variables which may be relevant to self-protection-were found to predict personal space (De Julio & Duffy, 1977;Pedersen, 1973), although it must be noted that there have been many inconsistent findings involving personality traits (see Hayduk, 1983). It should also be noted that several different methods 4 have been used to measure personal space, although all of them are subjective measures, relying on the phenomenological experience of participants (e.g., approaching a target and stopping at a comfortable distance).…”

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Introversion and human-contaminant disgust sensitivity predict personal space

Park

2015

Personality and Individual Differences

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How far do people prefer to stand from others during interpersonal interactions? Individuals vary in what has been termed personal space, and this variation appears to be systematic. For instance, personal space tends to be larger among more introverted individuals. The present study investigated whether personality variables relevant to threat perceptions may predict personal space. One type of threat that may be neutralized via physical distancing is infectious disease. This study examined whether individual differences in pathogen-relevant disgust sensitivity (particularly with respect to other humans) may predict personal space. In a study employing a behavioral measure of personal space (N = 134), human-contaminant disgust sensitivity (but not nonhuman-contaminant disgust sensitivity) was found to predict personal space while controlling for trait anxiety and introversion. Introversion was found to exert an independent predictive effect.

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“…To fill this gap, this study aimed to shed light on the effect of religiosity on the preferred ID in the male-male, female-female, and male-female interactions. Personality traits have also been investigated in the field of nonverbal behavior (Cole, 2000;De Julio and Duffy, 1977). Ickinger and Morris (2001) observed that individuals who hold a negative attitude toward the world and others maintain a larger ID in their interactions.…”

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The effect of gender, religiosity and personality on the interpersonal distance preference: a virtual reality study

Hatami

Sharifian

Noorollahi

et al. 2020

Communication Research Reports

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Interpersonal distance (ID) is an important aspect of human nonverbal behavior. Both situational and dispositional factors play roles in interpersonal distance preference (IDP). In the present study, we investigated the effect of gender, religiosity, and Big Five personality factors on IDP in an Iranian sample. Forty-six university students watched fourteen 360-degree video clips via a virtual reality headset. In each video-clip, a male or a female actor spoke toward the camera from a particular distance and participants rated the favorability of each distance. Results showed that at the middle-range distances, religious individuals exhibited a pronounced gender bias by rating their distance from the same gender actor more favorable than the same distance from the opposite gender actor. Furthermore, openness to experience was correlated with the favorability of the middle-range distances. These findings can be justified by dominant Islamic values in Iran and specific characteristics of openness to experience.

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Neuroticism and Proxemic Behavior

Cited by 29 publications

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Direct and moderating effects of personality on stigma towards mental illness

Direct and moderating effects of personality on stigma towards mental illness

Introversion and human-contaminant disgust sensitivity predict personal space

The effect of gender, religiosity and personality on the interpersonal distance preference: a virtual reality study

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