Chen Yi-Lang, Lee Yu-Chi, Rahman Andi
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei 243303, Taiwan.
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106344, Taiwan.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Dec 27;14(1):20. doi: 10.3390/bs14010020.
Prior research on interpersonal distance (IPD) has predominantly concentrated on specific nationalities or population groups within their respective regions. There is a dearth of studies investigating IPD differences among individuals of distinct nationalities coexisting in the same geographical location. This study aimed to examine the variances in IPD between 100 young Taiwanese participants (comprising 50 males and 50 females) and 100 Southeast Asian individuals (including 50 males and 50 females). This study also considered factors affecting IPD, including target genders and mask-wearing conditions. The results of the four-way ANOVA indicate that target gender and mask-wearing conditions had a significant impact on IPD ( < 0.001). While there were no significant main effects for region and participant gender, there was a noteworthy interactive effect between these two variables on IPD. In general, Southeast Asian participants exhibited lower sensitivity to changes in IPD in response to the independent variables in comparison to their Taiwanese counterparts; in certain instances, their IPD did not notably increase when confronted with targets not wearing masks. While prior research typically indicated that women tend to maintain larger IPD than men, the current study observed this gender difference only among young Taiwanese participants. However, such a gender gap was absent among young individuals from Southeast Asia.
先前关于人际距离（IPD）的研究主要集中在各自区域内的特定国籍或人群。缺乏对在同一地理位置共存的不同国籍个体之间IPD差异的研究。本研究旨在考察100名台湾年轻参与者（包括50名男性和50名女性）与100名东南亚个体（包括50名男性和50名女性）之间IPD的差异。本研究还考虑了影响IPD的因素，包括目标性别和戴口罩情况。四因素方差分析结果表明，目标性别和戴口罩情况对IPD有显著影响（<0.001）。虽然区域和参与者性别没有显著的主效应，但这两个变量在IPD上存在值得注意的交互效应。总体而言，与台湾参与者相比，东南亚参与者对IPD随自变量变化的敏感性较低；在某些情况下，当面对不戴口罩的目标时，他们的IPD并没有显著增加。虽然先前的研究通常表明女性倾向于保持比男性更大的IPD，但本研究仅在台湾年轻参与者中观察到这种性别差异。然而，东南亚年轻人中不存在这种性别差距。
