The effects of timing of self-disclosure on attraction and reciprocity.

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Predicted that a willing confession of a negative event would produce an exception to the timing effect: greater attraction for an early/responsible revealer. 66 male undergraduates either watched their confederate partner decide which questions to answer first or did not watch (choice of sequence vs no choice). Then they participated in an interaction in which the (videotaped) confederate revealed that either his girl friend or his sister had unintentionally become pregnant (responsible vs not responsible). This disclosure was timed to occur either early or late in the interaction. In the choice conditions, an early disclosure led to greater attraction than a late disclosure when the revealer was responsible for the event disclosed. When the revealer was not responsible for the event in the choice condition, and in both no-choice conditions, the general positive effect for late disclosure was found. (11 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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