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Database: PsycARTICLES
Document Type: Journal A icle

Citation
Forgas, J. P. (2011). A ective in uences on self-disclosure: Mood e ects on the intimacy and
reciprocity of disclosing personal information. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100(3),
449-461.
h p://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0021129

Abstract
How does mood in uence people's willingness to disclose intimate information about themselves?
Based on recent a ect–cognition theories and research on interpersonal behavior, 3 experiments
predicted and found that people in a positive mood disclosed more intimate, more varied, and more
abstract information about themselves. In contrast, people in a negative mood were more a entive to
the behavior of others and reciprocated self-disclosure from their pa ners more accurately. This e ect
was obtained in hypothetical situations (Experiments 1 and 2) and in realistic computer-mediated
interactions as well (Experiment 3). Experiments 2 and 3 con rmed that mood e ects on self-
disclosure were mediated by information processing style. The role of a ect in information processing
and relationship behaviors in pa icular is discussed, and the implications of these ndings for everyday
interaction strategies and for contemporary a ect–cognition theorizing are considered. (PsycINFO
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