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- Title
The influence of gender on reported disclosure, interrogation, and nonverbal immediacy in same-sex dyads: an empirical study of uncertainty reduction theory.
- Authors
Sanders, Judith A.; Wiseman, Richard L.; Matz, S. Irene
- Abstract
The paper studies the processes of uncertainty reduction for men and women. While it was found that self-disclosure, other disclosure, interrogation and nonverbal immediacy were used by both males and females in the uncertainty reduction process, it also found significant differences in the ways males and females use these communication behaviors. Further, the types of attributional confidence formed in acquaintance relationships differed for males and females. The analysis of men's and women's use of self-disclosure in same-sex acquaintance encounters yielded both similarities and differences. Similar levels of self-disclosure were reported for religious views, ambitions and goals, choice of career, health concerns and physical fitness efforts. Thus, these appear to be topics for which both genders share similar perceptions about the usefulness of their discussion in acquaintance encounters.
- Subjects
UNCERTAINTY; SELF-disclosure; INTERPERSONAL communication; DISCLOSURE; GENDER differences (Psychology); COMMUNICATION &; psychology; UNCERTAINTY reduction theory (Communication)
- Publication
Women's Studies in Communication, 1990, Vol 13, Issue 2, p85
- ISSN
0749-1409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/07491409.1990.11089747