Date of Award

Spring 1976

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

William H. McVaugh

Committee Member

Thomas F. Cash

Committee Member

Raymond H. Kirby

Committee Member

Peter J. Mikulka

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65S34

Abstract

Forty-eight college students, twenty males and twenty-eight females, were used to assess the effects of central and peripheral graphic environments on personal disclosure and subjective evaluation. Scales developed by Cash (1972) were used to determine the type and amount of subjects' disclosure and non-disclosure; scales developed by Nehrabian and Russell (1974) were utilized to assess subjective evaluation of the environmental space in terms of information theory and approach-avoidance.

Results replicated a previous study by Cash (1974), indicating that females made more positive self-references than males (p < .01) . Hales also chose to disclose less often than females (p < .05) . No significant differences resulted from the graphic environmental conditions.

The data did produce substantial variance between the sexes in response to the environments. The trend of these responses yielded some evidence for a "reciprocity norm" between subjects and the environment analogous to that demonstrated between subjects (Chaikin and Derlega, 1974) .

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DOI

10.25777/gvwd-n396

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