The relationship between conversational voice amplitude and interpersonal distance was assessed. 40 male and 40 female subjects served as speakers, delivering a message to male and female listeners. It was predicted from Argyle's intimacy model that a person with a loud speaking voice would space further from a listener than a quieter speaker. The hypothesis was confirmed with the results being most clear for the female subjects. Possible roles of general dispositional variables and immediacy variables in the proxemic area were discussed.
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