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A Study on an aspect of self-disclosure in couples communication

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2010, 31(), pp.163-179
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Yi Yumi 1

1중앙대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to analyze a perception of self-disclosure and to consider an aspect of self-disclosure in couples communication. In this survey, a total of 5 questionnaire survey papers in 4 different types, with 69 questions were used. Based on this survey, we compared the phenomenon of self-disclosure between male and female and between couples. The study of perception of self-disclosure between male and female was already presented by Yi Yumi(2009), therefore this paper will be considered an aspect of self-disclosure in couples communication. If we sum up aspects of self-disclosure in couples, those are as following. First, men thought that listening personal story is an effective way to enhance in couple’s relationship. Secondly, male showed more strong tendency than female in that who is more listener-centered person in couples communication. Thirdly, women showed low satisfaction with the way the partner listen to their self-disclosure. Fourthly, women also showed low satisfaction with the quantity of the partner’s self-disclosure. Last but not least, both gender answered that the speaker should be express their self-disclosure to satisfy by themselves in the question about enough self-disclosure, but men put emphasis on the quantity of self-disclosure, while women put emphasis on the quality of self-disclosure in second largest answer.

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