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Relational Mobility Explains Between- and Within-Culture Differences in Self-Disclosure to Close Friends
| Title: | Relational Mobility Explains Between- and Within-Culture Differences in Self-Disclosure to Close Friends |
| Authors: | Schug, Joanna Browse this author | | Yuki, Masaki Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Maddux, William W. Browse this author |
| Keywords: | culture | | self-disclosure | | social ecology | | relational mobility |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2010 |
| Publisher: | Sage Publications |
| Journal Title: | Psychological Science |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| Start Page: | 1471 |
| End Page: | 1478 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1177/0956797610382786 |
| PMID: | 20817913 |
| Abstract: | The current research proposes a novel explanation for previously demonstrated findings that East Asians disclose less personal information to others than do Westerners. We propose that both between- and within-culture differences in self-disclosure toward close friends may be explained by the construct of "relational mobility" - the general degree to which individuals in the society have the opportunities to form new and terminate old relationships. In Study 1, we found that cross-cultural differences (Japan vs. U.S.) in self-disclosure toward a close friend were mediated by individuals' perceptions of relational mobility. In Study 2, two separate measures of relational mobility predicted self-disclosure within a single culture (Japan), and this relationship was mediated by the motivation to strengthen interpersonal relationships. We conclude that societies and social contexts high in relational mobility (where relationships can be formed and dissolved relatively easily) produce stronger incentives for self-disclosure as a social commitment device. |
| Rights: | The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Psychological Science, 21/10, 2010 of publication, (c) Association for Psychological Science, 2010 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Psychological Science page: http://pss.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/ |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/47193 |
| Appears in Collections: | 文学院・文学研究院 (Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences / Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: Joanna Schug
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