Effects of motivations and gender on adolescents' self-disclosure in online chatting. |
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| Authors: | Seung Ho Cho |
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| Affiliation: | Institute for Communication Research, College of Communication and Information Science, University of Alabama, Box 870172, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0172, USA. cho002@bama.ua.edu |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated the effect of motivations for online chatting and gender factors in self-disclosure in adolescents' online chatting. Participants were 260 high school students (128 female, 132 male) who participated in online chatting. The results revealed that self-disclosure in online chatting differed by motivation, but gender was not a significant variable for explaining self-disclosure. |
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