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ERIC Number: EJ486209
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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The Acquaintanceship Process: An Examination of Uncertainty, Information Seeking, and Social Attraction during Initial Conversation.
Douglas, William
Communication Research, v21 n2 p154-76 Apr 1994
Finds the conjunction between subjects' uncertainty and their use of question asking and disclosure strategies was limited to preliminary conversation and derived from global uncertainty. Finds that, although uncertainty and liking were related synchronously in ways consistent with uncertainty reduction theory, there was little evidence of causality. (SR)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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