Disclosure and relationship satisfaction in families
Finkenauer, C.; Engels, R.C.M.E.; Branje, S.J.T.; Meeus, W.H.J.
(2004) Journal of Marriage and the Family, volume 66, issue 1, pp. 195 - 209
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Abstract
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
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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 parent‐ child relationships.
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Keywords: Niet-toepassingsgericht onderzoek, Pedagogy, Psychologie, Maatschappelijke structuren en relaties, Jeugd, Logic, Menswetenschappen, Pedagogie en Andragogie/Onderwijskunde (PEAN), Sociale wetenschappen, Jeugdhulpverlening, Opvoeding binnen het gezin, Adolescent and child psychology,m,m,, Ontwikkelingspsychologie, Overig maatschappelijk onderzoek, Jeugd, puberteit, adolescentie, Construerende Technische Wetenschappen, Psychology, Pedagogiek, communication, disclosure, family, relationship satisfaction, Taverne, International (English)
ISSN: 0022-2445
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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