Effects
of Density: The Role of Moderators for the Consequences of Crowding
U. Jain |
Part
of the data, collected on a sample of 960 adult participants from
Bhopal, India, were analyzed to assess the role of moderators for
the density effects on life stress, health and withdrawal. The moderators
included in the study were selected on the basis of their inclusion
in earlier studies and in the Multidensity model (Paulus, 1980).
Four density conditions were selected on the basis of inside and
out side, high-low densities. The results showed that density did
not yielded significant effects on two moderators, i.e. competition
tolerance and perceived control. The correlations between moderators
and consequences revealed that except withdrawal other consequences
were related to different moderators. It is argued that the role
of moderators can not be generalized across situations and consequences.
The feeling of crowding can be treated as a significant moderator
for the density effects.
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