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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Sociology

    Background:

    • Understanding interpersonal relationships is crucial in social psychology.
    • Self-disclosure is a key mechanism in relationship development.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the relationship between friendship, proximity, and self-disclosure patterns.
    • To explore gender differences in self-disclosure dynamics.

    Main Methods:

    • A questionnaire was administered to pairs of roommates and hallmates in freshman dormitories.
    • Data analyzed to correlate friendship and proximity with intimate and non-intimate self-disclosure.

    Main Results:

    • Friendship strongly correlated with intimate self-disclosure; proximity with non-intimate disclosure.
    • Intimate self-disclosure and friendship showed a stronger link in women than in men.
    • Respondents tended to overestimate disclosure symmetry and report higher disclosure than received in non-intimate areas.

    Conclusions:

    • Self-disclosure is not monolithic; its patterns are influenced by relationship type and topic intimacy.
    • Interplay of personal, role-related, and environmental factors shapes friendship and disclosure.
    • Gender moderates the relationship between friendship and intimate self-disclosure.

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