Getting a Grip on the Grapevine: Extension and Factor Structure of the Motives to Gossip Questionnaire.
confirmatory factor analysis
emotion venting
factorial validity
gossip definition
measurement invariance
motives to gossip
motives to gossip questionnaire
Journal
Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
19
01
2019
accepted:
06
05
2019
entrez:
11
6
2019
pubmed:
11
6
2019
medline:
11
6
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Gossip is condemned but also ubiquitous and thought to be essential for groups. This triggers the question of which motives explain gossip behavior. Hitherto, negative influence, social enjoyment, group protection, and information gathering and validation are established as motives to gossip. However, venting emotions-discussed as a potentially important motive-has been overlooked empirically. Furthermore, a lack of consensus about a definition of gossip may have affected previous conclusions about gossip motives. This study (
Identifiants
pubmed: 31178801
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01190
pmc: PMC6543765
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
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