Perceived child-rearing practices and self-disclosure patterns.

Ethnic and Acculturation Differences in Self-Disclosure

“…Thus, several studies have found that females disclose more than males and that some ethnic minorities, specifically Black, Puerto Rican, and Mexican American, disclose less than Anglo-Americans. Other studies, however, have reported no difference in amount of disclosure between Blacks and Anglos (17) and between genders (8,9,10).…”

Stigma Management in Normal-Stigmatized Interactions: Test of the Disclosure Hypothesis and a Model of Stigma Acceptance

“…Recent reviews of extensive research on the relationship between disclosure and relational satisfaction (Cozby, 1973;Gilbert, 1976) indicate that disclosure antecedents and effects are specifiable: (1) decision to disclose covaries with perceived and expected reactions from the receiver (Shapiro et al, 1969), characteristics of the disclosure (Taylor & Altman, 1966), sex of the discloser (Jourard & Lasakow, 1958;Jourard & Landsman, 1963), the discloser-receiver relationship (Doster & Strickland, 1969;Bienvenu, 1970;Blau, 1964;Rivenbank, 1971;Peterson & Higbee, 1969), and discloser traits (Mullaney, 1963); ( 2 ) self-disclosure results in greater attraction toward the discloser, increased intimacy and mutual disclosure between interactants, and relational satisfaction when the disclosure is perceived as socially rewarding and situationally or relationally appropriate (Jourard, 1959(Jourard, , 1971Worthy et al, 1969); (3) but disclosure may be unrelated (Jourard & Landsman, 1963), curvilinearly related (Cozby, 1973), or negatively related to attraction toward the discloser and relational satisfaction depending on disclosure status and perceived appropriateness of the disclosure (Kiesleret al, 1967, Culbert, 1968Weigel et al, 1972;Wheeless, 1976). Gilbert (1976) has argued that the qualitative aspects of disclosure content ought now take research priority over disclosure versus nondisclosure correlates.…”

Effects of Administrator and Participant Sex and Ethnicity on Self‐Disclosure

“…For example, it has been reported in several studies that women self-disclose more than do men (Hood & Back, 1971;Jourard & Landsman, 1960;Jourard & Lasakow, 1958;Pederson & Breglio, 1968) and that disclosure among Black, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American ethnic minorities is significantly less than among Anglo-Americans (Levine & France, 1981;Dimond & Hellkamp, 1969;Jourard & Lasakow, 1958;Littlefield, 1969). Conversely, some researchers have reported-no difference in disclosure patterns between lower socioeconomic class Blacks and Whites (Jaffee & Polansky, 1962) and between the sexes (Dimond & Hellkamp, 1969;Doster & Strickland, 1969).…”