Features of a confidant's communicative behavior in the situation of frank conversation
The article looks at communicative behavior of one of the constant participants in a candid conversation - a confidant. The extent of his/her interaction in the course of the dialogue is identified and the tactics used by the potential confidant to stimulate frankness during confidential interpersonal communication are analyzed. The authors also describe non-verbal constituents of confidant's communication which accompany his/her verbal behaviour.