Title

Similarity In The Communication Skills of Young Adults: Foundations of Attraction, Friendship, and Relationship Satisfaction

Authors

Brant R. Burleson, Purdue University
Wendy Samter, Bryant UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published by Taylor and Francis in Communication Reports Volume 9, Issue 2, pages 127-139.

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Keywords

Young Adults

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Publication Source

Communication Reports

Abstract

The current paper reports a study assessing how similarities in levels of social-cognitive and communication skills affected friendship choices by young adults. Participants (208 college students) completed a battery of tasks providing assessments of one social-cognitive and five communication skills. Sociometric procedures were used to determine interpersonal attraction and friendship patterns.