Proxemic and haptic behavior in three European countries

Human Spatial Behaviour: The Spacing of People, Objects and Animals in Six Cross-Cultural Samples

“…Many of these have been largely anecdotal (Hall, 1966;Morris, 1977), inconclusive (Mazur, 1977;Remland et al, 1991Remland et al, , 1995, or based on very few participants residing as exchange students in a foreign country (often the USA) at the time of investigation (Watson, 1970;Aiello, 1987), and that severely restricts conclusions and generalizations.…”

Sociocultural Conventions in Avatar-Mediated Nonverbal Communication: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Virtual Proxemics

“…Our sample consisted of participants from different countries that were a priori assigned to Asian low-contact cultures versus European highcontact cultures. As previous research has shown, it is likely that there are proxemics variations between different European countries (Remland et al, 1991(Remland et al, , 1995Shuter, 1977), as well as between different Latin American countries (Shuter, 1976), and may also be found across Asian countries. While earlier proxemics research in FTF settings mostly relied on single measures (e.g., minimum distances), virtual worlds make it possible to measure distance changes in avatar interactions continuously in a very accurate and unobtrusive way.…”

Gestion de l’espace interpersonnel chez les enfants de petite section de maternelle

“…Dans cette perspective, Loo (1978) devait mettre en évidence l'effet différentiel de la densité sur le comportement, lors de variations de la densité spatiale chez des enfants ayant obtenu des scores différents pour des dimensions telles qu'hyperactivité ou anxiété ou ayant des espaces personnels différents (Loo, 1979). Ce n'est qu'au début des années 1990 que Remland, Jones et Brinkman (1991) affirmaient que les métho-des et les problématiques utilisées n'avaient pas permis de cerner correctement la question de l'espace personnel. Il faut aussi noter que les caractéristiques physiques de l'environnement ont une influence directe sur les relations socio-spatiales des enfants.…”