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male, and a female. All Ss maintained a closer distance from
the inanimate object than from the male or the female. How-
ever, the schizophrenics kept a greater distance from all
three objects for each different type of approach than did
the normals. When asked to draw lines around nondescript
silhouettes in order to represent the distances they wished
to keep from others in ordinary social interactions, the
schizophrenics drew significantly larger circles around each
view of the silhouettes. Further evidence of impaired con-
cepts of personal distance in schizophrenics is provided by
Sommer (1959)5 who studied preferred seating positions at
rectangular tables during dyadic interactions. NormaJL jSs
exhibited characteristic patterns for preferred seatings,
but in almost every case the schizophrenic Ss departed from
these norms.
The body-buffer zone has been theorized to act in part
as a protection against perceived threats to one's emotional
well being (Horowitz, Duff & Stratton, 1964). One fre-
I
quently employed mode of inducing perceived threat in social
interaction experiments has been to vary the affective tone
of the topic under discussion. Several investigators have
reported that spatial distances tend to increase as the
topic of discussion becomes more unpleasant or self-revealing
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West, Geoffrey B. The Relationship Between Room Size and the Limits for Comfortable Conversation, thesis, May 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131525/m1/11/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .