Uzzell David, Horne Nathalie
Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2006 Sep;45(Pt 3):579-97. doi: 10.1348/014466605X58384.
This research reports on a conceptually and methodologically innovative study, which sought to measure the influence of gender on interpersonal distance. In so doing, we argue for an important distinction to be made between biological sex, gender role, and sexuality. To date, however, progress in the study of interpersonal distance (IPD) has been inhibited by poor operational definitions and inadequate measurement methodologies. For our own investigation, we innovated on methodology by devising the digital video-recording IPD method (DiVRID) that records interpersonal spatial relationships using high quality digital video equipment. The findings highlighted not only the validity of our innovative method of investigation, but also that a more sophisticated conceptualization of the impact of gender on IPD is warranted than can be accounted for by biological sex differences. In this study, we found that gender role accounts for more of the variation in IPD than the conventionally reported gender variable, sex.
本研究报告了一项在概念和方法上具有创新性的研究，该研究旨在衡量性别对人际距离的影响。在此过程中，我们主张对生物性别、性别角色和性取向进行重要区分。然而，迄今为止，人际距离（IPD）研究的进展受到操作定义不完善和测量方法不充分的阻碍。对于我们自己的调查，我们通过设计数字视频记录IPD方法（DiVRID）创新了方法，该方法使用高质量数字视频设备记录人际空间关系。研究结果不仅突出了我们创新调查方法的有效性，还表明需要对性别对IPD的影响进行比生物性别差异所能解释的更为复杂的概念化。在本研究中，我们发现性别角色比传统报告的性别变量“性别”能解释更多IPD的变化。
