Self-Disclosure in Spouse and Stranger Interaction A Social Relations Analysis

Dindia, Kathryn; Fitzpatrick, Mary Anne; Kenny, David A.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.1997.tb00402.x

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“…Based on existing evidence (Dindia et al, 1997), we predict that disclosure varies across each family member's disposition to disclose, across each family member's disposition to elicit disclosure from others (e.g., in some families mothers may elicit more disclosure than in other families), and across relationships (in some families, two family members disclose more to each other than in other families, thereby facilitating the development of coalitions [Jacobvitz & Bush, 1996]). Additionally, we expect disclosure to vary across families as a group.…”

Section: Disclosure In Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disclosure and Relationship Satisfaction in Families

Finkenauer

Engels

Branje

et al. 2004

J Marriage and Family

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The present study developed a theoretical framework for understanding the social mechanisms underlying disclosure and its link with relationship satisfaction in a full family design. A study among 262 intact families, consisting of 2 children and 2 adults and involving 1,048 individuals, applied the social relations model. Results showed that disclosure was more important to satisfaction in horizontal relationships than vertical ones. Further, relationship-specific disclosure was more important to satisfaction than dispositional disclosure. These results have implications for the examination of relationship regulation and maintenance in (non)voluntary relationships and the development of psychosocial problems in parentchild relationships.

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Section: Disclosure In Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disclosure and Relationship Satisfaction in Families

Finkenauer

Engels

Branje

et al. 2004

J Marriage and Family

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“…Another route for studying relational phenomena and processes involves considering interactions between partners in relationships, or between all members of a family or social group (Dindia, Fitzpatrick, & Kenny, 1997;Manke & Plomin, 1997). The Social Relations Model (SRM) was developed to enable separation of the variance associated with each partner from that associated with the relationship itself (Kenny & LaVoie, 1984).…”

Section: Actor Partner and Relationship Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationships and the self‐concept

Hinde

Finkenauer

Auhagen

2001

Personal Relationships

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Progress in the study of relationships has depended in part on the recognition that relationships have properties not relevant to interactions or to the behavior of individuals, and may require additional principles of explanation. This has led to an emphasis on relationships as linking individuals. In this article we argue that relationship processes occur in the heads of individuals, with the participants having their own idiosyncratic views of the relationship as well as a shared one. The relationship is both affected by and affects the self-concepts of the participants, so that the influences of the self-concept may be critical for understanding the properties and dynamics of relationships Furthermore, consideration of the self-concept can assist in the integration of different but not necessarily incompatible explanations for the same relationship phenomena.In the course of the twentieth century, questions concerning the nature of the "self" have been in and out of fashion. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, when introspection was respectable, the "self" came very much into vogue (James, 1890). With the rise of behaviorism, however, the study of subjective phenomena fell into disrepute among experimental psychologists, and it became the province of clinicians. In recent decades, partly as a result of the cognitive revolution, studies of the "self" are returning to favor (e.g., Baumeister, 1999;Modell, 1993;Scheibe, 1998; Wylie, 1974/79). In studies of relationships, also, the role of the "self" is beginning to receive more recognition but, we suggest, not all that it deserves.One reason that the "self" has not received more overt recognition in studies of relationships lies in the history of research in this area. Although there were of course precursors (Fincham, 1995), the specialized study of personal relationships is only two orWe are very grateful to the referees for their comments on an earlier draft of this article.Correspondence should be addressed to Robert A.Hinde, St. John's College, Cambridge CB2 lTR, UK. three decades old. Before that, psychology was concerned primarily with individuals or with groups of individuals. Such studies of relationships that did exist mostly involved a clinical approach, often top-heavy with theory, which focused on the particulars of individual cases and thus did not lend themselves to the production of generalizations whose validity could be assessed. It became apparent that relationships, of prime importance in the lives of nearly everyone, required study in their own right. Three principles were basic in the subdiscipline that emerged. First, dyadic relationships involve two individuals, and they concern what goes on between them. Second, they depend on cognitive, affective, and behavioral processes, and they involve a series of interactions over time between two individuals such that each interaction is affected by previous ones and perhaps by expectations of further interactions in the future. Third, relationships have properties in addition to...

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“…Fewer studies have implemented designs in which disclosure is elicited, and observed, in the research context (e.g., Fritz, Nagurney, & Helgeson, 2003;Lepore, Fernandez-Berrocal, Ragan, & Ramos, 2004;Lepore et al, 2000;Pistrang, Barker, & Rutter, 1997). Some of these studies have examined important aspects of self-disclosure (e.g., individual differences, reciprocity, gender, depth of relationship; e.g., Dindia, Fitzpatrick, & Kenny, 1997); however, only two of these studies examined the impact of negative responses to disclosure in a laboratory setting in which there was actual human interaction, instead of relying solely on retrospective accounts of disclosure (e.g., Lepore et al, 2000Lepore et al, , 2004. In addition, the findings have been mixed.…”

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The impact of skills training on responses to the disclosure of mistreatment.

Foynes¹,

Freyd²

2011

Psychology of Violence

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Objective: Although disclosure of mistreatment can be beneficial, the effects of disclosure are largely contingent on the quality of responses received. An experimental design was used to evaluate a set of skills-training materials (STMs; Foynes & Freyd, 2010) designed to improve supportive responding to the disclosure of mistreatment experiences. Method: Dyads of university students and community members (N ϭ 110) were randomly assigned to condition (experimental or control) and role (discloser or listener). After completing a series of questionnaires, the "discloser" was asked to describe an experience of mistreatment not previously disclosed to the "listener." Dyads completed postdisclosure questionnaires, reviewed a set of STMs regarding either healthy lifestyle improvements (control) or supportive listening techniques (experimental), and completed a quiz. A second experience of mistreatment was disclosed and a final set of questionnaires was completed. Results: Results indicated that listeners in the experimental condition demonstrated significantly fewer unsupportive behaviors than listeners in the control condition. Listeners who started with high levels of unsupportive behaviors benefitted the most from the STMs. Conclusions: The STMs developed for this study are relatively short in length, easy to administer, and informed by disclosers' perceptions of supportive behaviors. Thus, these materials could serve as a preliminary step toward developing more effective ways of providing lay people with education on enhancing supportive listening behaviors.

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Self-Disclosure in Spouse and Stranger Interaction A Social Relations Analysis

Cited by 67 publications

References 30 publications

Disclosure and Relationship Satisfaction in Families

Disclosure and Relationship Satisfaction in Families

Relationships and the self‐concept

The impact of skills training on responses to the disclosure of mistreatment.

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