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Attitudes Toward Online Social Connection and Self-Disclosure as Predictors of Facebook Communication and Relational Closeness
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This investigation tested a theoretical model of communication behavior with specific Facebook friends, such that attitudes toward (a) online self-disclosure, and (b) online social connection, predict Facebook communication frequency and, in turn, relational closeness. Participants included both undergraduates and older adults. Results generally supported the model, with the interaction effect between self-disclosure and social connection directly predicting Facebook communication and indirectly predicting relational closeness. For both dependent variables, online social connection was a positive predictor at low and moderate levels of online self-disclosure, but high levels reduced the association to nonsignificance. One implication of these results was that high-warrant information may discourage those with social anxiety from social network site communication.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ledbetter, A. M., Mazer, J. P., DeGroot, J. M., Meyer, K. R., Mao, Y., & Swafford, B.
- Affiliations
- Texas Christian University (US)
- Clemson University (US)
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (US)
- Illinois State University (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Ohio University (US)
- Venue
- Communication Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-09-10
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-53
- ISSN
- 0093-6502 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3810
- OpenAlex
- W2136937406
- Cited by
- 346
- References
- 92
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 41 · 2014: 47 · 2013: 30 · 2012: 21
- FWCI
- 59.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Communication Research (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media and Digital Communication
- Keywords
- Facebook communication, online self-disclosure, online relationships, relationship closeness, communication frequency, social network sites, social anxiety, older adults, undergraduate students
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