Crowding and behavior in Japanese public spaces: Some observations and speculations

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Osamu Iwata
Cite this article:  Iwata, O. (1992). Crowding and behavior in Japanese public spaces: Some observations and speculations. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 20(1), 57-70.


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First, the connotations in Japan of crowded situations were discussed. In the second section, some personal characteristics of those who might experience crowding, and of partners who might share a space with the former, were discussed as determinants of individual differences in the experience of crowding. In the third section, it was suggested that high collectivism, a noncontact culture, and high population density combined with a high crime rate might encourage the experience of crowding in public or semi-public spaces. In the last section, various structural or physical devices widely observed in Japan, which were assumed to be effective in inhibiting the experience of crowding or reducing crowding stress by maintaining isolation, were discussed.


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