Measures of self-disclosure, body-accessibility, and personal space were given to 170 male Ss. Body-accessibility toward mother, father, and best male friend were highly interrelated; body-accessibility toward best female friend was independent of the others Body-accessibility was related to self-disclosure toward each of the four target persons. Studying male peers only, personal space was not related to self-disclosure, but it was related to body-accessibility.
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