The Relations among Talking, Liking, and Similarity between Friends
Deutsch, F. M.; Sullivan, L.; Sage, C.; Basile, N.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 17(4): 406-411
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0146-1672
DOI: 10.1177/0146167291174008
Accession: 062201959
Self-concept similarity in 58 female first-year roommate pairs was examined using the spontaneous trait generation task. On the basis of the trait overlap identified by this task, friends were more similar than nonfriends. Correlational analyses demonstrated that the amount of talking between roommates was more highly related to trait overlap than was liking or reported time spent together, suggesting that conversation between friends may be a key to the development of self-concept similarity.