A communication?based perspective on attitude similarity and interpersonal attraction in early acquaintance
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communication Monographs
- Vol. 51 (4) , 372-380
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03637758409390208
Abstract
>This study examines past conflicting evidence on the relationship of attitude similarity and interpersonal attraction in early acquaintance. The results suggest that the conflict in the findings is due to differences in the communicative environments used in research. In the present study, attitude similarity and interpersonal attraction were positively related only in highly atypical communicative relationships. These results are interpreted as generally supporting a goal‐oriented perspective on the similarity‐attraction association over traditional social validation and balance perspectives.Keywords
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