Leslie and Miranda do things together, but they really don't talk on an intimate level. Is this lack of self-disclosure typical of female-female friendship?
A. Yes; shared activities typify women's friendships just as much as talk
and self-disclosure do.
B. No; the friendship must be an unfulfilling one since there is no sharing
or intimacy.
C. Yes; since a female-female friendship operates on multiple levels,
sharing activities can represent one of those levels.
D. No; successful female-female friendships typically foster intimacy
through talking rather than through the sharing of activities.
D
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a. an immediately high incidence of self-disclosure b. a long period of friendship before a sudden increase in self-disclosure c. increasing self-disclosure after getting to know each other d. a stable, low level of self-disclosure without decreasing satisfaction