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Self Disclosure

IntroductionWhat is self-disclosure?

Self disclosure is a helpful strategy of sharing ones information to others. By sharing information our interpersonal relationship gets strengthened.There are two important process of

self disclosure•Breadth •depth

Definition of Breadth and depth

Breadth- the range of topics about which one person self-discloses to another.

Depth- the intimacy of the topics about which one person self-discloses to another

Floyd, Kory, 1st ed. Interpersonal Communication. New York: Frank Mortimer, 2009. Print.

“ Self-disclosure is sharing with someone information which helps him or her understand you. Self-disclosure is most revealing when the sharing is in the present and least revealing when the sharing is about the past”. 

(-- D. Johnson)

Three benefits

Enhencement of relationship and trustReciprocity or exchangeEmotional release

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increases our relationship with each other

It creates trust among usIt also Creates more

understanding between individual relationships

For instant for any relationship to get strengthened, the two individuals must have a good relationship and trust between them.

The more they disclose to one another, the stronger their relationship gets

Reciprocity or exchange

Reciprocity is exchanging information

Reciprocity in self-disclosure allows people to exchange information to each other

The more they exchange information the more comfortable they get to one another

People tend to like people who exchange information and people who exchange information to them

One way to get to know someone is to disclose personal information to them

for example of reciprocity is exchanging

names

Emotional releaseGets some worries off your mind

Makes you happy after releasing

By releasing your emotions, it reduces your stress

Emotional release

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Gets some worries off your mind

Makes you happy after releasing it

By releasing your emotions, it reduces your stress

ConclusionSelf disclosure plays very important rolls in

our livesWe all engage self disclosure in one way or

anotherIt has a lot of benefits in each persons liveOne of the benefits is it creates trust and

strengthens every relationshipIt is proven that couples who give a little bit

more self disclosure than the regular stay longer together

ReferencesBooksFloyd, Kory, 1st ed. Interpersonal Communication.

New York: Frank Mortimer, 2009. -- D. Johnson, Reaching Out: Interpersonal Effectiveness and

Self-Actualization (Boston: Allyn and Bacon) 1997 ,p.33. College database

Kahn, J. H. (2009). Emotional Self-Disclosure and Emotional Avoidance: Relations With Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety. 1Illinois State University.

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