Abstract
Research in attribution theory has almost exclusively focused on the perception process to the neglect of studying how communicators incorporate attribution‐based information in their message behavior. This study derived a typology of attribution‐based strategies from Kelley's attribution cube and Jones' ingratiation tactics to assess respondent strategies for initiating and for terminating same‐sex friendships. Respondents were 191 persons drawn from fifth grade, high school, college, and post‐college groups. Results of the study included: 1) distinctiveness information was disproportionately employed in the strategy repertoires to the neglect of consistency‐based and consensus‐based information; 2) respondents had greater variety in types of strategies for their initiation repertoires as opposed to their termination repertoires; 3) repertoire variety for both initiation and termination increased from childhood through adolescence.
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AttributionPsychologyRespondentNeglectOptimal distinctiveness theorySocial psychologyVariety (cybernetics)RepertoireTypologyConsistency (knowledge bases)PerceptionDevelopmental psychologySociologyComputer sciencePolitical science
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- 1982
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- article
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 217-224
- Citations
- 36
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Leslie A. Baxter,
Jeff Philpott
(1982).
Attribution‐based strategies for initiating and terminating friendships.
Communication Quarterly
, 30
(3)
, 217-224.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01463378209369452
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- 10.1080/01463378209369452