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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/47193

Relational Mobility Explains Between- and Within-Culture Differences in Self-Disclosure to Close Friends

英語

relational mobility

2010-10

Sage Publications

Psychological Science

21(10)

1471-1478

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.

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Accepted Manuscript

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/

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