What is highly personal information and how is it related to self-disclosure decision-making? The perspective of college students

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-92

  Mathews, Alicia ^a   Derlega, Valerian J ^a   Morrow, Jennifer ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Close Relationships; Disclosure Decision making; Gender; Personal Information; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953902356     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090600668915     Document Type: Article

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