Physical Distance and AIDS: Too Close for Comfort?

Physical Distance and AIDS: Too Close for Comfort?

Female students were told they would be interviewing an AIDS patient, a homosexual, a cancer patient, or another student. While waiting, they arranged the 2 chairs for the interview. Subjects placed chairs significantly farther apart when they expected an AIDS patient. Results suggest people are sti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied social psychology 1992-09, Vol.22 (18), p.1442-1452
Hauptverfasser: Mooney, Kim M., Cohn, Ellen S., Swift, Margaret B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AIDS
Attitudes
Contagion
Fear
HIV
Social distance
Social environment
Social interaction
Spatial aspects
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Zusammenfassung:Female students were told they would be interviewing an AIDS patient, a homosexual, a cancer patient, or another student. While waiting, they arranged the 2 chairs for the interview. Subjects placed chairs significantly farther apart when they expected an AIDS patient. Results suggest people are still uncomfortable with AIDS patients even under casual circumstances requiring minimal physical contact. (Original abstract-amended)
ISSN:0021-9029
1559-1816
DOI:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb00959.x