Date

2017

Author

Mısır, Selin

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The purpose of this study is threefold. First to examine the difference between the amount of online and face-to-face self-disclosure for different groups. Second to understand whether shyness and loneliness, has an effect on online and face-to-face self-disclosure. Third to understand whether online and face-to-face self-disclosure positively predicts perceived interpersonal competence for people who score high on shyness, after controlling for social media usage frequency and loneliness. The sample of the study consisted of 585 university students. Demographics information sheet, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale (RCBS), Revised Wheeles and Grotz Self-Disclosure Scale, Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire were applied in both online and paper-pencil format form. In order to answer the research questions two-way MANOVA and hierarchical linear regression analysis were conducted. Results of the study suggested that people tend to engage in higher amounts of face-to-face self-disclosure compared to online self-disclosure. Besides, study also showed that shyness and loneliness make a difference on both online and face-to-face self-disclosure. Moreover, results showed that online self-disclosure was a significant predictor for interpersonal competence of shy people when social media usage, demographics and loneliness level of the participants were controlled, whereas face-to-face self-disclosure cease to be a significant predictor. Further implications and contribution of the results to the existing literature were discussed in detail.

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Interpersonal communication., Interpersonal relations., Social psychology., Social interaction., Social media.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12621022/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/26586

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis