A study of personal distance ratings among college students enrolled in four physical activity classes : bowling, conditioning, folk dance and volleyball
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Elizabeth Carol Harris (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Celeste Ulrich
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate possible differences in personal distance ratings among college students enrolled in general undergraduate physical education classes of bowling, conditioning, folk dance, and volleyball. These classes were selected from physical education sections at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Three administrations of the Cowell Personal Distance Ballot were scheduled at equal time intervals during part of a semester. To further study intervening variables, class behavior was observed in terms of teacher and student verbal interaction. In addition, a questionnaire was devised to investigate whether or not relationships formed outside the specific physical activity class related to personal distance responses. Other behavioral indices consisted of teacher course objectives, teacher personal distance ratings, and skill grades. The primary analysis for this study was concerned with the amount of social integration indicated by two treatments of personal distance scores taken from the classes of bowling, conditioning, folk dance, and volleyball. Inherent in this analysis were certain factors that needed to be clarified. Group size differed, teachers differed, and these classes met at different times of the day, and therefore, were subject to a diurnal influence.
A study of personal distance ratings among college students enrolled in four physical activity classes : bowling, conditioning, folk dance and volleyball
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- Language: English
- Date: 1971