Relational Mobility Explains Between- and Within-culture Differences in Self-disclosure to Close Friends

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1471-1478

  Schug, Joanna ^a   Yuki, Masaki ^a   Maddux, William ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

culture; relational mobility; self disclosure; social ecology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; JAPAN; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649990543     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610382786     Document Type: Article

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