title: Proxemics in Couple Interactions: Rekindling an Old Optic.
abstract: Utilizing as a lens the interpersonal implications of physical interpersonal distances in social contexts (a set of variables present during the professional discourse during the 1960s and 1970s, to then fade away), this article explores interactive process displayed by the protagonic couple in Bela Bartok's opera "Bluebeard Castle," an exercise aimed at underlining the value of maintaining proxemics as an explicit level of observation for clinical practice and interpersonal research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, DC.|Global and Community Health and Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
authors.forename: Carlos E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Sluzki
mesh_terms: D001525:Behavioral Sciences; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007697:Kinesics; D019365:Metaphor; D009146:Music; D010550:Personal Space; D012929:Psychological Distance; D063346:Singing
keywords: Couple Interaction; Interpersonal Distance; Nonverbal Communication; Proxemics; Proxémica; distancia interpersonal; gestual; interacción entre la pareja; lenguaje gestual; parejas; 人际距离; 伴侣; 伴侣互动; 空间行为; 非语言; 非语言交流