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

Hatami, Javad; Sharifian, MohammadHasan; Noorollahi, Zahra; Fathipour, Abolfazl

doi:10.1080/08824096.2020.1806811

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“…a Tai-Chi class). Observational studies on intersectional stigma confirmed the endurance of gender-based bias [ 63 , 64 ], and bias based on sexual orientation [ 96 ].…”

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The use of virtual reality in studying prejudice and its reduction: A systematic review

2022

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This systematic review provides an up-to-date analysis of existing literature about Virtual Reality (VR) and prejudice. How has VR been used in studying intergroup attitudes, bias and prejudice, are VR interventions effective at reducing prejudice, and what methodological advantages and limitations does VR provide compared to traditional methods are the questions we aim to answer. The included studies had to use VR to create an interaction with one or more avatars belonging to an outgroup, and/or embodiment in an outgroup member; furthermore, they had to be quantitative and peer-reviewed. The review of the 64 included studies shows the potential of VR contact to improve intergroup relations. Nevertheless, the results suggest that under certain circumstances VR contact can increase prejudice as well. We discuss these results in relation to the intergroup perspective (i.e., minority or majority) and target minority groups used in the studies. An analysis of potential mediators and moderators is also carried out. We then identify and address the most pressing theoretical and methodological issues concerning VR as a method to reduce prejudice.

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“…a Tai-Chi class). Observational studies on intersectional stigma confirmed the endurance of gender-based bias [ 63 , 64 ], and bias based on sexual orientation [ 96 ].…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 96%

The use of virtual reality in studying prejudice and its reduction: A systematic review

2022

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“…The same controversy appears when looking at the intervention studies carried out from a majority perspective, which mostly show a solid persistence of prejudice towards stigmatised minorities [51,55,[61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69] Two recent studies [70,71] even report increased prejudice towards the contacted outgroup using explicit measures.…”

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The use of virtual reality in studying prejudice and its reduction: a systematic review.

Tassinari¹,

Aulbach²,

Jasinskaja‐Lahti³

2021

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This systematic review provides an up-to-date analysis of existing literature about Virtual Reality (VR) and prejudice. We review 41 studies that use VR technology to study or reduce prejudice towards stigmatized minorities, whose outcomes give preliminary evidence of the potential of VR as a method to improve intergroup relations. Nevertheless, the results suggest that experiencing negative affects while being embodied in an outgroup member avatar can increase prejudice. We discuss the outcome based on the chosen intergroup perspective (i.e., minority or majority) and target minority groups. An analysis of mediators and moderators is also carried out. We then identify and address the most pressing theoretical and methodical issues concerning VR as a method to reduce prejudice.

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“…Our data included measurements of affectionate touch behaviors and love, and guided by previous findings in the area our research also comprised several individual- and culture-level predictors possibly affecting our outcomes. We selected factors used in our previous studies 6 , 39 that were shown to relate to either love [i.e., having children 40 , 41 , relationship duration 29 ] or touch [i.e., age 42 , 43 , gender, conservatism, interpersonal distance preferences 6 , socio-economic status (SES) 20 , and religiosity 6 , 44 ]. For example, touch behaviors in close interpersonal relationships are typically used more by younger, female, and liberal people 6 .…”

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Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world

Sorokowska

Kowal

Saluja

et al. 2023

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Touch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging and kissing are universally observed in partnerships all over the world. Here, we explored the association of love and affectionate touch behaviors in romantic partnerships in two studies comprising 7880 participants. In the first study, we used a cross-cultural survey conducted in 37 countries to test whether love was universally associated with affectionate touch behaviors. In the second study, using a more fine-tuned touch behavior scale, we tested whether the frequency of affectionate touch behaviors was related to love in romantic partnerships. As hypothesized, love was significantly and positively associated with affectionate touch behaviors in both studies and this result was replicated regardless of the inclusion of potentially relevant factors as controls. Altogether, our data strongly suggest that affectionate touch is a relatively stable characteristic of human romantic relationships that is robustly and reliably related to the degree of reported love between partners.

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

Cited by 6 publications

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The use of virtual reality in studying prejudice and its reduction: A systematic review

The use of virtual reality in studying prejudice and its reduction: A systematic review

The use of virtual reality in studying prejudice and its reduction: a systematic review.

Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world

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