APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Asymmetry in Preferred Interpersonal Distance between Approaching and Being Approached Varies with Agreeableness and Openness
- Wendy Schweigert
Bradley University - Adam Bitar
Bradley University - Andrew Freeman
Bradley University - Goodrich Brittany
The Pavillion Behavioral System - Gorrie Kayli
Bradley University - Brittany Hooten
Marquette University - Morgan Lain
Bradley University - Austin Lair
Bradley University - Abigail Schmidt
Bradley University - Danielle Segerstrom
Bradley University - Bailey Thompson
Bradley University - Priyal Patel
Bradley University
Abstract
People will allow others to approach them closer than they prefer to approach another. This effect is strongest with those high on Agreeableness but disappears with those high on Openness. Interpersonal research must take into account personality traits as well as whether one is approaching or being approached.
Personality