self-disclosure AO3
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- Created on: 27-01-17 17:02
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- Self-disclosure AO3
- Stregnths
- Support from research studies
- Sprecher and Hendrick '04
- studied hetrosexual dating couples
- Found strong correlations between relationship satisfaction and SD
- studied hetrosexual dating couples
- Laurenceau '05
- Studied diary enteries
- Found that SD in partners was linked to higher levels of intimacy
- Studied diary enteries
- Therefore this increases validity of the theory that SD in relationships leads to satisfaction
- Sprecher and Hendrick '04
- Real life applications (Hass and Stafford '98)
- studied gay men and women
- found that 57% said that SD was the main way they maintained their relationship
- Therefore this demonstrates the value of psychological insight
- Insight into SD can help those who have problems in their relationships
- studied gay men and women
- Support from research studies
- Limitations
- SD isn't true of all cultures (Tang et al '13)
- reviewed research regarding sexual SD
- Found that SD levels were higher in USA compared to China in both men and women
- Therefore this theory is limited to western cultures and cannot be generalized to other cultures
- reviewed research regarding sexual SD
- SD doesn't always lead to intimacy (Duck)
- When relationships are breaking down, SD is used to try to revive them. This does not always work and many relationships still end
- Therefore SD does not always lead to intimacy and does not always affect attraction
- Much SD research is correlational
- correlations cannot explain what variable causes the effect of the other variable
- Therefore, such research should be used with caution as we can not be sure which is the cause and which is the effect
- SD isn't true of all cultures (Tang et al '13)
- Stregnths
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