Psychological Mechanisms of Spatial Relationships Between Interrogators and Suspects Influencing the Motivation to Confess

The spatial relationship between interrogators and suspects is an important situational factor influencing a suspect’s motivation to confess. Based on interpersonal distance theory, this study decomposed the interrogation spatial relationship into three dimensions: relative distance, relative height, and relative orientation. An eight-condition spatial relationship paradigm was created through a 2×2×2 factorial experimental design. A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess the differential