Why does someone reveal highly personal information? Attributions for and against self-disclosure in close relationships

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-130

  Derlega, Valerian J ^a   Winstead, Barbara A ^a   Mathews, Alicia ^a   Braitman, Abby L ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal Attributions; Close Relationships; Dialectical Theories of Privacy; Disclosure Decision Making; Self Disclosure; Social Exchange Interdependence Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551646686     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090802021756     Document Type: Article

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