Differences in Self-Disclosure Patterns among Americans Versus Chinese
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Vol. 26 (1), 84-91
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022195261006
Abstract
The study investigates differences in self-disclosure, comparing patterns of Americans versus the Chinese. Two hundred American students and 144 Chinese students completed a questionnaire regarding the degree of self-disclosure on different conversational topics and to selected target persons. The results of MANOVA show that Americans disclose more than the Chinese in both categories. Sex differences are also found between the two nations.Keywords
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