| Autor: |
McBride, M. Chad, Bergen, Karla Mason |
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Texas Speech Communication Journal; Winter2008, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p50-61, 12p, 3 Charts |
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This study examines the phenomenon of the reluctant confidant in close friendships. 110 college students were asked to recall an incident when a close friend revealed information that the recipient wished they had not heard. Although the students identified themselves as reluctant confidants relatively infrequently, examination of the data yields interesting dimensions of becoming the unwilling recipient in terms of the topic of revealed information, communicative behaviors enacted in response to this information, and effects on the friendship. Sex-related topics accounted for the overwhelming majority of the unwanted information. Although some of the recipients enacted communicative behavior that could be categorized as thwarting behaviors, most of the reported response behaviors (questioning, comforting/supporting, giving advice) could be categorized as coping behaviors (Petronio, 2000b). This finding suggests differences between reluctant confidants in close friendships and reluctant confidants in impersonal contexts. Results are interpreted and additional observations are made through the lens of Petronio's (2002) Communication Privacy Management theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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