Investigates the influence of stage of romantic relationship and culture (American or Chinese) on attributional confidence, perceived similarity, and network involvement. Uses multivariate analysis of variance (both summation and dispersion), revealing that stage of relationship influenced social networks, and that culture influenced high-context…

Results indicate that respondents perceive that they make more assumptions about strangers from the same culture than they do about strangers from another culture. Areas for future research are suggested. (PD)

Disagrees with Levine et al.'s conclusion (published in this issue, see CS 764 297) that the three self construal scales currently in use have "severe" or "fatal" flaws. Argues that the results of Levine et al.'s meta-analysis and priming studies do not raise problems with the validity of self construal scales. Concludes that the two-dimensional…

Problems of inquiry in intercultural communication are examined in this paper, and an inquiry process is presented that can be applied to the study of communication between people from different cultures. The first section of the paper outlines major, well-documented procedural problems in intercultural communication and considers additional…

Examines uncertainty reduction processes in interethnic relationships between Hawaiian Japanese and Caucasians. Indicates that ethnicity, stage of relationship, and ethnolinguistic identity influenced the set of dependable variables. Suggests that ethnolinguistic identity helps explain aspects of interethnic encounters that are intergroup based,…

Shows that independent self-construals and individualistic values of college students mediate the influence of cultural individualism-collectivism on the use of low-context communication, and interdependent self-construals and collectivistic values mediate the influence of cultural individualism-collectivism on the use of high-context…

Examines the influence of participation in an Intercultural Communication Workshop (ICW) on cross-cultural attitudes, the formation of cross-cultural friendships, the potential for cross-cultural interaction, and cross-cultural interaction. Three out of four hypotheses are supported by the data. (JMF)

Defines Uncertainty Reduction Theory. Examines the influence of cultural variability on communication. Argues that cultural variability in individualism-collectivism influences uncertainty reduction in ingroup and outgroup relationships, while cultural variability in masculinity-femininity influences uncertainty reduction in same- and opposite-sex…

Data from two studies suggest that (1) people who make friends in their home culture also tend to make friends while in another culture and (2) close intracultural and intercultural relationships have analogous patterns. (PD)

Tested a model of uncertainty reduction derived from Berger and Calabrese's theory of initial interaction. Concluded that the model appears to be a reasonable fit to the data on communication in interpersonal relationships among college students in Japan, Korea, and the U.S. (PD)