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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Nonverbal Communication

Background:

  • Understanding how strangers form connections is crucial in social psychology.
  • Behavioral synchrony, the mirroring of nonverbal behaviors, is increasingly recognized as a factor in social interactions.
  • Self-disclosure is a known predictor of relationship development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of behavioral synchrony in mediating the relationship between self-disclosure and interaction quality among strangers.
  • To explore how behavioral synchrony contributes to the development of embodied rapport.

Main Methods:

  • 94 same-sex stranger pairs participated in a controlled experiment.
  • Participants were assigned to either a self-disclosure or a control condition.
  • Behavioral synchrony was rated by trained judges from video recordings of the interactions, and participants rated their interaction quality.

Main Results:

  • Behavioral synchrony significantly mediated the effect of self-disclosure on interaction quality.
  • This mediating role of behavioral synchrony was independent of self-other overlap and positive affect.
  • The findings support the hypothesis that synchronized behavior contributes to rapport development.

Conclusions:

  • Behavioral synchrony plays a vital role in the formation of relationships between strangers.
  • The study highlights the interconnectedness of behavior, judgment, and embodied cognition in social interactions.
  • Findings have implications for understanding relationship initiation and the dynamics of social connection.