Personal space: An unobtrusive measures study

Abstract

Two unobtrusive studies were made of male urinal behavior in a public lavatory. It was found that the presence of another male influenced the subject’s selection of a urinal. Subjects in all but two cases maintained a distance of at least one urinal between themselves and other individuals present at the urinals. The results are discussed in light of the recent work in the areas of privacy and personal space. © 1975, The Psychonomic Soceity, Inc.. All rights reserved.