The measurement of interpersonal attraction

McCroskey, James C.; McCain, Thomas A.

doi:10.1080/03637757409375845

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“…Participants' evaluations of the confederates' physical attractiveness were assessed with eight items from McCroskey and McCain's (1974) attractiveness measure on Likertscales that ranged from 1 (not at all) to 9 (very much) (a = .93). Dating desire was assessed by asking participants to rate their desire to go on a date with the confederate (van Straaten et al, 2008) with responses ranging from 1 (absolutely not) to 9 (absolutely).…”

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Gazing Behavior During Mixed-Sex Interactions: Sex and Attractiveness Effects

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We investigated to what extent the length of people's gazes during conversations with opposite-sex persons is affected by the physical attractiveness of the partner. Single participants (N = 115) conversed for 5 min with confederates who were rated either as low or high on physical attractiveness. From a mating strategy perspective, we hypothesized that men's increased dating desire towards highly attractive confederates would lead to longer periods of gazing, whereas women's gazing would be less influenced by their dating desire towards highly attractive confederates. Results confirmed our hypothesis, with significantly increased gazing for men in the high attractiveness condition but no significant differences in women in the two attractiveness conditions. Contrary to past research findings, there was no significant sex difference in the size of the effect of physical attractiveness on dating desire. The results were discussed in terms of preference for physically attractive partners and communication strategies during courtship.

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Gazing Behavior During Mixed-Sex Interactions: Sex and Attractiveness Effects

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“…Interpersonal liking was measured by using six items from the social attraction dimension of Mccroskey and McCain's (1974) interpersonal attraction scale. Sample items included "I think he/she could be a friend of mine."…”

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Does Your Facebook Profile Help You or Harm You? Examining the Effect of Information Seeking Strategies on Relational Outcomes in Social Networking Sites

Paul¹,

Morrison²

2017

JCTHB

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Social networking sites (SNS) are becoming popular platforms for initiating relationships with unknown others, and not just for maintaining online ties with existing friends and family. When initiating relationships, the primary need is to reduce uncertainty about unknown others by getting more information about them. In this study we examined which information seeking strategy was the most effective in reducing uncertainty about people in SNS. We also examined whether using different combinations of information seeking strategies resulted in different levels of uncertainty reduction, and feelings of liking and similarity experienced towards unknown others in SNS. 49 stranger dyads participated in an experiment where they had an online conversation with each other, either before or after accessing their conversation partners' Facebook profiles. Results indicated a strong interaction effect of time and the combination of information seeking strategies used, on levels of uncertainty, liking and similarity experienced toward conversation partners. Facebook profiles resulted in increased levels of uncertainty reduction, liking and similarity only when the profiles were accessed before having an online conversation with partners. Accessing profiles after the online conversation heightened uncertainty, and reduced liking and similarity. The contradictory role of Facebook profiles on the three relational outcome variables is discussed in the context of uncertainty reduction theory (Berger & Calabrese, 1975), social penetration theory (Altman & Taylor, 1973), Snyder and Swan's (1978) confirmation bias, and Walther's (1997) hyperpersonal model. Effective strategies for using SNS for fostering new relationships, as informed by theory and empirical data, are proposed.

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“…Social attractiveness is typically defined at two levels: the degree to which a person is liked and the degree to which a person is seen as good fit to one's social circle (McCroskey & McCain, 1974). The evaluation of a contact counterpart regarding social attractiveness is, thus, determined not only by liking but also by how well a contact counterpart is perceived to fit into one's friend networks.…”

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Functions of the common ingroup identity model and acculturation strategies in intercultural communication: American host nationals’ communication with Chinese international students

Imamura

Zhang

2014

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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nationals' perceptions of Chinese international students' cultural adaptation strategies and the effects of the strategies on American host nationals' willingness to communicate with the Chinese students. In addition, the current study also examined the indirect effects of the adaptation strategies through American host nationals' perceptions of anxiety in communicating with and social attractiveness of the Chinese students on willingness to communicate with the Chinese students.Four scenarios describing Chinese international students' cultural adaptation strategies (i.e., assimilation, integration, separation, and marginalization) were developed based on CIIM and the acculturation framework. Prior to the main study, two pilot studies (N = 113 in pilot 1, N = 60 in pilot 2) were conducted to examine the validity of the manipulation of the four strategies along two conceptual dimensions: identification with home culture (i.e., Chinese culture) and identification with the host culture (i.e., American culture). In the main study, EuropeanAmerican participants (N = 284) were asked to report their demographic information, strength of identification with American culture, and attitudes toward Chinese people in general. Then, they were randomly assigned to one of the four experimental conditions in which they read a scenario describing a Chinese international student's cultural adaptation strategy. After reading the scenario, participants answered questions measuring their perceptions of the cultural adaptation iv strategy used by the Chinese international student described in the scenario. Then, they reported their perceptions of willingness to communicate with, social attractiveness of, and interpersonal communication anxiety with the Chinese student.Hypothesis 1 predicted that participants' perceptions of willingness to communicate with the Chinese international student would vary with the experimental conditions. Partially supporting Hypothesis 1, univariate analysis of variance results revealed that participants were more willing to communicate with the assimilated and integrated Chinese students than with the separated and marginalized students. Hypothesis 2 predicted that participants' judgments of the Chinese international student would vary depending on the experimental conditions. Partially supporting Hypothesis 2, multivariate analysis of variance results revealed that the assimilated and integrated Chinese students were judged more positively than the separated or marginalized

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The measurement of interpersonal attraction

Cited by 711 publications

References 5 publications

Gazing Behavior During Mixed-Sex Interactions: Sex and Attractiveness Effects

Gazing Behavior During Mixed-Sex Interactions: Sex and Attractiveness Effects

Does Your Facebook Profile Help You or Harm You? Examining the Effect of Information Seeking Strategies on Relational Outcomes in Social Networking Sites

Functions of the common ingroup identity model and acculturation strategies in intercultural communication: American host nationals’ communication with Chinese international students

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