Loneliness, self-disclosure, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between interpersonal intimacy and measures of loneliness, social skills, and social activity. Results revealed that dispositional level of self-disclosure was inversely related to loneliness and interacted with disclosure flexibility: Appropriate medium disclosure across situations was associated with lower levels of loneliness than was inappropriate disclosure. Peer and observer ratings of social skills were positively related to dispositional disclosure but not to disclosure flexibility or level of loneliness. Finally, among lonely subjects there was a trend for disclosure flexibility to be associated with different levels of social activity. The results suggest that lonely individuals have difficulty appropriately revealing personal information in new relationships and nonstructured social situations. Implications for treatment planning are also discussed.

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