• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.1-18
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• 2004

The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of relationship satisfaction and self-disclosure in real-space friend relations and cyber-space friend relations. The sample was 248 middle and high school students, and 107 undergraduates. The main findings of this study are as follows: 1) Relationship satisfaction is significantly higher in cyber-space friend relations than in real-space friend relations. 2) In contrast to relationship satisfaction, self-disclosure is significantly higher in real-space friend relations than in cyber-space friend relations. 3) Self-disclosure differs significantly in terms of grade, gender, number of friends, communication method, and daily internet usage.