Effect of Self Disclosure on Relationships

Effect of Self Disclosure on Relationships

Effect of Self Disclosure on Relationships

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to discuss a concept of interpersonal communication and then show the effect of that concept on the relationships. The concept chosen for this paper is self disclosure. Self-disclosure is a form of behavioral interdependence and includes perceptions of the revelation of a partner. These behaviors (his own revelation) and perceptions (the revelation of perceived partner) should have an impact on knowledge of self and partner compatibility (cognitive) and the affect on the relationship (satisfaction). Personal attributes also determine how people react.

Discussion

The concept of self disclosure is taken as a double sided concept. This means that the concept of self disclosure is applicable on both the person's disclosures and his/her partner's disclosures. A research on how the self disclosure affects the relationships has been conducted by the Sprecher and Hendrick (2004). They on their research have focused on the point that how a person in the concept of self disclosure expects his/her partner to disclose. They have also examined the characteristics of the association between the person and the characteristics of his/her relationship. Their research has identified an optimistic relationship between the disclosure of a person and his characteristics.

Affect of Self disclosure on individuals

A person can be easily affected by the self disclosure. This effect can be both positive and negative. Self disclosure can have an effect on a person in several ways. One is that those people, who cannot share their feelings or in other words cannot disclose that what they actually are, always have trouble when it comes to satisfy a relationship. Another research has been conducted by Leung (200) and he claimed in his research that for a person who can not disclose his self, it becomes difficult to handle a relationship. To build a strong relationship it is necessary for a person to disclose himself properly. If a person is not able to reveal his self and what he actually feels in a relationship then the relationship becomes less satisfying.

The concept of self disclosure is considered to be an act or behavior that engages in itself the most important aspect of defenselessness and the factor of the trust. In the adult working models the main factor to be considered is trust, and as the researches show that instead of measuring or taking the concept of self disclosure as the physical theme we take it as an emotional theme, thus the concept of self disclosure can be an important measurement in the adult exploration system. Many researchers have been conducted for the self disclosure and according to these researches a relationship is secure or an attachment is secure when it comes to the self disclosure in any relationship, but still this is not considered as an authentic theory on terms of relationships between the self disclosure and the attachment.

People in self-disclosure studies often lament not knowing "what to say" or "how to ...