Self-Disclosure and Marital Satisfaction Revisited.

Schumm, Walter R.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ338526

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Self-Disclosure and Marital Satisfaction Revisited.

Schumm, Walter R.; And Others

Family Relations, v35 n2 p241-47 Apr 1986

In rural and urban samples of marital couples, a significant interaction effect between quantity of self-disclosure and quality of self-disclosure was found. Especially for wives, combinations of low quantity and low quality were found to be extremely detrimental for marital satisfaction. (Author/BL)

Descriptors: Congruence (Psychology), Interpersonal Communication, Marital Satisfaction, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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