distance zone

the area of physical distance commonly adopted between interacting individuals. Interpersonal distances can be influenced by culture and tend to be relatively small when people are familiar with each other and larger in formal or impersonal interactions. See intimate zone; personal distance zone; public distance zone; social zone. See also proxemics.

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May 8th 2024

health–belief model

a model that identifies the relationships of the following issues to the likelihood of taking preventive health action: (a) individual perceptions about susceptibility to and seriousness of a disease, (b) sociodemographic variables, (c) environmental cues, and (d) perceptions of the benefits and costs. See also exercise–behavior model.