Ledbetter et al. (2010) examined relational closeness in terms of the theoretical constructs of online self-disclosure and online social connection. Self-disclosure is defined as "any message about the self that a person communicates to another (Wheeless & Grotz, 1976) as cited by Ledbetter et al. (2010), while social connection is defined as communication associated
with positive relational outcomes (Ledbetter et al., 2010). Examples of online self-disclosure on