title: Effects of motivations and gender on adolescents' self-disclosure in online chatting.
abstract: This study investigated the effect of motivations for online chatting and gender factors in self-disclosure in adolescents' online chatting. Participants were 260 high school students (128 female, 132 male) who participated in online chatting. The results revealed that self-disclosure in online chatting differed by motivation, but gender was not a significant variable for explaining self-disclosure.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Communication Research, College of Communication and Information Science, University of Alabama, Box 870172, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0172, USA. cho002@bama.ua.edu
authors.forename: Seung Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012650:Self Disclosure; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires