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Self‐disclosure and liking: An integration theory approach
Author(s) -
McAllister Hunter A.,
Bregman Norman J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1983.tb00863.x
Subject(s) - constant (computer programming) , psychology , social psychology , attraction , sequence (biology) , computer science , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , programming language
Integration theory models predict that sequences increasing or decreasing in intimacy should have less impact on attraction than constant intimate or nonintimate disclosures. Male and female subjects ( N = 159) conversed with a videotaped confederate. Each confederate relayed six disclosures in one of five intimacy sequences: increasing, constant high, decreasing, constant low, and random. The confederate either had a choice of topics and sequence or they were imposed. Substantial support was found for integration theory models. The constant high disclosers by choice were liked more than their no‐choice controls and the constant low disclosers by choice were disliked more than their no‐choice controls. The mixed sequences (increasing, decreasing, and random) produced no significant differences.