Factors related to the sensitivity to unwanted transparency.
The goal was to investigate variables related to the sensitivity to unwanted transparency, defined as the feeling that a person experiences during an interaction when the interacting partner seemingly notices something that the person would rather conceal. Undergraduates (n = 309) were asked to complete self-report scales about their self-consciousness, shyness, nonverbal skills, secretiveness, and sensitivity to unwanted transparency. The combination of variables (private self-consciousness, shyness, and secretiveness and lack of nonverbal expressions) explained 23% of the variance in sensitivity to unwanted transparency.
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Faculty of Sociology, Toyo University, Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. tabata@toyonet.toyo.ac.jp
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018907:Privacy / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012792:Shyness; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult