Taking turns: Reciprocal self-disclosure promotes liking in initial interactions

Sprecher, Susan; Treger, Stanislav; Wondra, Joshua D.; Hilaire, Nicole; Wallpe, Kevin

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2013.03.017

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“…A large body of prior research suggests that the content of a conversation can significantly influence the extent to which the conversationalists like each other when the conversation is over. The effect of conversational content on interpersonal liking has been demonstrated across a wide array of conversational strategies, ranging from other-focused behaviors, such as giving a compliment or acknowledging another person's ideas, to self-focused behaviors, such as talking about oneself (Godfrey, Jones, & Lord, 1986;Laurenceau, Barrett, & Pietromonaco, 1998;Rosenfeld, 1966;Sprecher, Treger, Wondra, Hilaire, & Wallpe, 2013). But, to our best understanding, no prior work has investigated the effect of asking questions on interpersonal liking.…”

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“…Early research on self-disclosure assumed that people voluntarily talk about themselves (Jourard, 1958), while more-recent work has examined selfdisclosure in response to experimenter-generated questions (A. Aron, Melinat, E. Aron, Vallone, & Bator, 1997;Sprecher et al, 2013). Relatedly, Miller, Berg and Archer (1983) investigated individual differences in the extent to which people elicit self-disclosure from their conversation partners.…”

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It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Question-Asking Increases Liking

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It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Question-Asking Increases Liking

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“…More specifically, according to Maslow's (1943) classic theory, individuals have a fundamental need to be affiliated with other humans and to feel a sense of belongingness. Self-disclosure has often been cited as being a critical component to forming and maintaining interpersonal relationships (Sprecher & Hendrick, 2004;Sprecher, Treger, Wondra, Hilaire, & Wallpe, 2013). Self-disclosure has been described as a process in which people reveal information about themselves that would not otherwise be known to others (Adler & Proctor, 2007).…”

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The Relationship Between Participation in Alcoholics Anonymous and Social Anxiety

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“…People tend to disclose more freely and about more difficult topics to others closer to them (i.e., as a function of relationship closeness or intimacy; e.g., Pedersen & Breglio, 1968), to trusted and liked people (Collins & Miller, 1994), and to those who reciprocate in disclosures (Cozby, 1972;Sprecher, Treger, Wondra, Hilaire, & Wallpe, 2013). However, these general tendencies can be overridden by other considerations such as the relevance to the audience.…”

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Identifying as in, out, or sexually inexperienced: Perception of sex-related personal disclosures

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The current research explored perceptions of disclosing the information of "I am gay", "I am heterosexual", and "I am a virgin" to a variety of audiences. Participants were 842 undergraduate students who evaluated the valence of each disclosure, listed the associated feelings, and rated the comfort of disclosing such information to various audiences (e.g., a family member, online community). Participants rated the statement consistent with their own sexual orientation as being significantly more positive. No significant difference was found between gay and heterosexual participants' ratings about disclosing virginity, and disclosure of virginity status was ranked as the most uncomfortable of the three disclosures. Both heterosexual and gay respondents indicated it would be more comfortable to disclose a heterosexual orientation than a gay one, despite gay participants rating a gay orientation as more positive. The audience ranked most to least comfortable to disclose varied with sexual orientation and disclosure content. Perceived closeness of audience was correlated with comfort of disclosure for known (family, partner, friend, colleague) audiences, but not professional (counsellor) or unknown (stranger, online) audiences. These findings are discussed with reference to the literature on "coming out", addressing important differences in the perceptions of in-group and out-group disclosure of sexual orientation, and sex-related personal information.

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Taking turns: Reciprocal self-disclosure promotes liking in initial interactions

Cited by 190 publications

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It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Question-Asking Increases Liking

It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Question-Asking Increases Liking

The Relationship Between Participation in Alcoholics Anonymous and Social Anxiety

Identifying as in, out, or sexually inexperienced: Perception of sex-related personal disclosures

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