Sex-role orientation, intimacy of topic, and target person differences in self-disclosure among women
Tóm tắt
The focus of the present study was self-disclosure patterns of young women in three types of close relationships: same-sex friend, opposite-sex friend, and romantic partner. The influences of respondents' sex-role orientation and intimacy level of topic on self-disclosure in the three relationships were examined. Androgynous respondents were more willing to disclose than sex-typed and undifferentiated respondents, and disclosure willingness was highest to romantic partner, then to female friend, and least to male friend. Intimacy level of topic interacted with target person so that wider variations in disclosure willingness occured in medium and high intimacy topics. Sex-role orientation interacted with intimacy level of topic so that androgynous respondents were more willing to disclose on high intimacy levels than either undifferentiated or feminine-typed respondents, but the groups did not differ significantly on low or medium intimacy topics. The significant interaction effects indicate that research on self-disclosure patterns needs to address the complexity of factors that may impact on self-disclosure.
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