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Peer reviewedNeimeyer, Greg J.; Neimeyer, Robert A. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1986
Examined friendship formation as developing a common understanding of social reality. Individuals engaged in weekly discussions completed repertory grids and attraction ratings after the 4th and 18th weeks of acquaintance. Deteriorating partnerships were significantly less similar in their assessment of other group members than were developing…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Friendship, Group Experience, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedNeimeyer, Greg J.; Banikiotes, Paul G. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Self-disclosure flexibility has been associated with social perceptiveness and empathy. This study tested the generalizability of the social perceptiveness hypothesis to in-vivo interactions. Findings indicated that greater flexibility is associated with higher levels of empathy and interpersonal attraction in structured settings. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Empathy, Interpersonal Attraction
Peer reviewedNeimeyer, Greg J.; Neimeyer, Robert A. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1981
Students participated in dyadic disclosure exercises over a five-week period. Results indicated members of high functional similarity dyads evidenced greater attraction to one another than did members of low functional similarity dyads. "Friendship" pairs of male undergraduates displayed greater functional similarity than did…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitudes, Classical Conditioning, Cognitive Processes
