Effects of context on everyday conversations of Turkish university students

Hortacsu N., Oral A., Yasak Y.

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol.16, no.4, pp.371-379, 1996 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 1996
  • Doi Number: 10.1006/jevp.1996.0031
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.371-379
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This study employed a diary method to investigate everyday conversations. Consistent with a dynamic view of partner context interaction, it was predicted that conversations occurring in different contexts would show variations with respect to topics and conversation partners. Turkish university students recorded durations, topics, and conversation partners of their conversations for seven consecutive days. Contexts, topics, and partners were categorized. Respondents were utilized as units of analyses. Analyses revealed that context of conversations were related to topic and partner categories as well as intimacy ratings of partners and topics. (C) 1996 Academic Press Limited.