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Preferred physical distances before/during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Before the pandemic (2016; N = 614) |
During the pandemic (2020; N = 684) |
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| M | SD | M | SD | t | |
| Stranger (social distance) | 108.86 | 28.74 | 142.10 | 55.7 | 13.29*** |
| Acquaintance (personal distance) | 89.61 | 24.06 | 112.17 | 55.24 | 9.32*** |
| Close person (intimate distance) | 76.16 | 23.84 | 83.45 | 62.97 | 2.69** |
***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01.
