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Anxiety and self-disclosure: Toward a motivational model
Abstract
The self-disclosures of socially anxious and nonanxious Ss were compared within the framework of R. M. Arkin's (1981) motivational theory of social anxiety. Ss (N = 84 women) were paired with a confederate who disclosed at either a high or a low level of intimacy (i.e., the classic reciprocity paradigm). Consistent with R. M. Arkin's theory, anxious Ss were concerned with self-protection during the task and disclosed at a moderate level of intimacy regardless of their partner's behavior. In addition, anxious Ss did not reciprocate their partners' disclosures as well as did nonanxious Ss. The self-protective behaviors of the anxious Ss were associated with less liking and more discomfort on the part of their partners. This suggests that the adoption of self-protective strategies may elicit negative interpersonal reactions that maintain self-defeating interpersonal patterns in socially anxious people.
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- Authors
- Meleshko, K. G., & Alden, L. E.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- ORCID
- Alden, Lynn E.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1993
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1000-1009
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2058780424
- Cited by
- 242
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- social anxiety, self-disclosure, reciprocity, intimacy, self-protection, self-defeating behavior, interpersonal liking, women
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Motivation, Self Concept, Self Disclosure, Social Environment, Social Perception
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