An Exploration of Eight Dimensions of Self-Disclosure with Relationship Satisfaction

dc.contributor.authorBilleter, Courtney Blyen
dc.contributor.committeechairBailey, Carol A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBayer, Alan E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKiecolt, K. Jillen
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:43:01Zen
dc.date.adate2002-08-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:43:01Zen
dc.date.issued2002-06-17en
dc.date.rdate2003-08-27en
dc.date.sdate2002-08-09en
dc.description.abstractThis research extends previous work on measuring eight dimensions of self-disclosure on intimate relationship satisfaction. 134 individuals answered a questionnaire concerning how they self-disclosed to their partner. I predicted that overall self-disclosure (all eight dimensions combined) would be positively related to degree of relationship satisfaction. Second, overall self-disclosure would be positively related to degree of relationship satisfaction when controlling for gender, length of relationship, and whether the respondent was referring to a current or former partner. Furthermore, I predicted that each dimension of self-disclosure would be positively related to relationship satisfaction. Results indicate that not all of my hypotheses were supported. For example, one's tastes and interests and one's self-feelings were statistically negatively significant with relationship satisfaction. Self-disclosure is an important part of relationship satisfaction, while distinguishing which dimension of self-disclosure had more importance proved to be a more complicated factor.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08092002-135137en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08092002-135137/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34431en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartcourtneyvita2.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartfinal3.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectintimacyen
dc.subjectdatingen
dc.titleAn Exploration of Eight Dimensions of Self-Disclosure with Relationship Satisfactionen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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