Residential Mobility Increases the Intention of Self-disclosure on Personal Contact Information and Emotional Distress

The present study was to explore the impact of residential mobility on self-disclosure intention. Hypotheses were tested by two experiments. In Experiment 1, we examined the effect of residential mobility on the self-disclosure of personal contact information by randomly assigning participants to the mobility or stability conditions. In Experiment 2, we further examined the influence of residential mobility on self-disclosure about personal distress. In Experiment 1, participants in the mobility group (vs. stability group) showed a higher propensity to self-disclose their personal information. In Experiment 2, residential mobility and personal mobility history showed an interaction effect in predicting self-disclosure about personal distress. Participants in the mobility (vs. stability) condition were more likely to self-disclose their emotional stress, but this effect only emerged among those with a higher frequency of mobility.