IMPLICIT AND SELF-ATTRIBUTED INTIMACY MOTIVATION

This study examined relations among implicit intimacy motivation (n In t), self-attributed intimacy motivation (san Int) and social interacti on variables; n Int was measured by thematic analysis of imaginative s tory content, whereas san Int was measured with a self-report question naire adapted from the Jackson Personality Research Form. Forty univer sity students kept a daily record of their social interactions for a 1 -week period. The results indicated that n Int and san Int were not si gnificantly correlated, were associated with different quantitative di mensions of social interaction and were both independent predictors of the valence of social interaction. Although neither n Int nor san Int were significantly related to self-disclosure, the two types of intim acy motivation seemed to be particularly responsive to different envir onmental cues in social interaction for self-disclosure. These results are consistent with research on the implicit and self-attributed meas ures of other social motives.