Self disclosure
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- Created on: 28-02-19 19:49
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- Attraction: self-disclosure
- Self- disclosure
- Relationship formation is built on trust with another person which is shown by revealing personal information.
- Revealing thoughts and feelings leads to greater intimacy and more satisfaction.
- Central concept is social penetration theory proposed by Altman and Taylor (1973)
- Gradually revealing emotions and listening to reciprocal sharing, gains greater understanding and displays trust
- There are two dimensions called breadth and depth.
- Depth- At first people often share a lot of information about certain aspects of themselves
- Breadth- Consider some topics “off limit”
- Over time breadth and depth increases
- Relationship formation is built on trust with another person which is shown by revealing personal information.
- Research
- Sprecher and Hendrick (2004) studied heterosexual couples who were dating and found as self disclosure increases so does satisfaction.
- Supported by more research by Laurenceau et al (2005)
- Asked participants to write a daily entry about progress in their relationships.
- Self disclosure and perception of disclosure in a partner led to greater feelings of intimacy in a couple.
- Asked participants to write a daily entry about progress in their relationships.
- Supported by more research by Laurenceau et al (2005)
- Sprecher and Hendrick (2004) studied heterosexual couples who were dating and found as self disclosure increases so does satisfaction.
- Evaluation
- Research support from Has and Hartford (1998)
- 57% of gay men and women considered open self disclosure as a man way to maintain a relationship.
- Shows the importance of self disclosure in romantic relationships,just as the theory predicted.
- 57% of gay men and women considered open self disclosure as a man way to maintain a relationship.
- Importance of establishing trust before revealing more intimate info is supported by “boom and bust”
- Cooper and Sportolari (1997) found that anonymity online gave people a sense of security.
- Made them disclose info much earlier than they would face to face making it exciting (boom) or its too intense and leads to break up(bust)
- Cooper and Sportolari (1997) found that anonymity online gave people a sense of security.
- Research support from Has and Hartford (1998)
- Issues and debates
- Takes a nomothetic approach by claiming high self disclosure lead to great relationship satisfaction.
- Self- disclosure
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