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COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 70-100Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0093650210377091
Keywords
computer-mediated communication; online dating; self-disclosure; privacy; uncertainty reduction theory; warranting
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This study investigates relationships between privacy concerns, uncertainty reduction behaviors, and self-disclosure among online dating participants, drawing on uncertainty reduction theory and the warranting principle. The authors propose a conceptual model integrating privacy concerns, self-efficacy, and Internet experience with uncertainty reduction strategies and amount of self-disclosure and then test this model on a nationwide sample of online dating participants (N = 562). The study findings confirm that the frequency of use of uncertainty reduction strategies is predicted by three sets of online dating concerns-personal security, misrepresentation, and recognition-as well as self-efficacy in online dating. Furthermore, the frequency of uncertainty reduction strategies mediates the relationship between these variables and amount of self-disclosure with potential online dating partners. The authors explore the theoretical implications of these findings for our understanding of uncertainty reduction, warranting, and self-disclosure processes in online contexts.
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