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Chen, Yea-Wen. "The Twain Have Met!: Investigating Crucial Indicators for Intercultural Friendship Levels Between International Students from Four East Asian Countries and U.S. Americans" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany, Jun 16, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p92245_index.html>

Chen, Y. , 2006-06-16 "The Twain Have Met!: Investigating Crucial Indicators for Intercultural Friendship Levels Between International Students from Four East Asian Countries and U.S. Americans" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p92245_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Empirical studies have shown that international students in the U.S. in general experience great social difficulties and psychological obstacles establishing satisfying friendships with U.S. students (Gareis, 1995; Owie, 1992; Mcdermott, 1992; Olaniran, 1996; Collier, 1996). International students from collectivistic cultures especially experience higher levels of obstacles developing friendships with U.S. American students and lower probability of smooth adjustments compared with those from individualistic cultures similar to the host culture (Olaniran, 1996). Furthermore, in the development of close relationships such as intercultural friendships, self-disclosure is the third major factor in intercultural friendship formation (Kudo & Simkin, 2003) and also a crucial and defining indicator (Matsushima & Shiomi, 2002). Hence, this study focuses on international students from China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, where cultures are predominantly high-context collectivist cultures heavily influenced by both Confucian doctrines and Buddhism (Yum, 1988; Irwin, 1996). Specifically, this paper aspires to examine and analyze self-disclosure in three levels of intercultural friendships between U.S. Americans and international students from the four Asian countries entirely from the perspectives of the international students and to discuss the results in relation to the anxiety/uncertainty management theory (Gudykunst, 1995 & 1996), and the social penetration theory (Altman & Taylor, 1973). To answer the proposed three research questions and one hypothesis, a four-page survey questionnaire was developed to assess the relationship between 11 dependent variables of self-disclosure and three levels of intercultural friendship development. In general, the findings of the present study are consistent with research on relationship development and self-disclosure.

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