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SOURCES – 10 traits common in people who don’t enjoy small talk

November 6, 2025 by Ash Kaushik

The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “10 traits common in people who don’t enjoy small talk.”

  1. The Very Efficient Assessment of Need for Cognition: Developing a Six-Item Version*
  2. Self-Disclosure Here and Now: Combining Retrospective Perceived Assessment With Dynamic Behavioral Measures
  3. Sincere praise and flattery: reward value and association with the praise-seeking trait
  4. Self-Concept Clarity and Loneliness among College Students: The Chain-Mediating Effect of Fear of Negative Evaluation and Self-Disclosure
  5. Getting beyond small talk: Study finds people enjoy deep conversations with strangers
  6. Predictors and consequences of intellectual humility
  7. When need for closure leads to positive attitudes towards a negatively stereotyped outgroup
  8. Boredom proneness is associated with noisy decision-making, not risk-taking
  9. The need to belong and its association with fully satisfying relationships: A tale of two measures
  10. Measures of Psychological Mindedness: A Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties
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