Gender Effects in an Initial Encounter
A Case Where Men Exceed Women in Disclosure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2929569 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valerian J Derlega (Old Dominion University), Barbara A Winstead (0000-0003-4996-1104, Old Dominion University), Paul T P Wong (0000-0003-4982-8127, Trent University), Susan Hunter (0000-0001-8416-8182, Old Dominion University), Susan S Hunter (Dominion University College) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-44 |
| Publication date | 1985-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0265407585021002 |
| OpenAlex | W1979090497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 18 |
This research examined self-disclosure between all possible pairs of sex of discloser and sex of disclosure target. Assuming that socialization encourages women and men to play different roles, men were expected to take the initiative in comparison to women in the first encounter. Among acquaintances, males may exceed women in their disclosure of personal information in order to control the relationship's development. Results supported this prediction. Males disclosed more intimately than females to an opposite-sex partner whom they had just met. Males paired with a female also exceeded the level of disclosure intimacy for females paired with a female or males paired with a male. The intimacy of self-disclosure for males paired with a female (compared to females paired with a male) was more highly correlated with liking for the partner and with perceptions of the partner's positive feelings toward self. Being singled out as a disclosure target led subjects to infer that their partner liked them, but it did not lead to greater disclosure intimacy nor liking for the partner
Developmental psychology · Feeling · Perception · Self-disclosure · Socialization · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
Models of the self
Self-disclosure and liking
Sex differences in self-disclosure
Interpersonal Processes in Close Relationships
A Disclosure Decision Model
Let's get serious
Gender differences in power and self‐disclosure in dating and married couples
Personalistic Self-Disclosure and Attraction
Education plans, personal challenges and academic difficulties
Computer-Mediated Relationship Development
Close Emotional Relationships with Women versus Men
Self-disclosure and listener verbal support in same-gender and cross-gender friends' conversations
Women who tell and men who ask
Intimacy in same-sex friendships
Initial Encounters of Young Men and Women
Interactive effects of social context and sex role identity on female self-disclosure during the acquaintance process
Sex differences in same- and cross-sex supportive relationships
Effects of sex-role orientation on behavioral self-disclosure
Red and romantic behavior in men viewing women
On sex differences in self-disclosure during the acquaintance process
The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory
Acquaintanceship in middle childhood
He said, she said
Love and Sexual Attitudes, Self-Disclosure and Sensation Seeking
Gender Effects in an Initial Encounter
Interpreting Research on Gender Differences in Friendship
Prototypes of Intimacy and Distance in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Relationships
The Politics of Intimacy
Women's Confidants Outside Marriage
A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales
Self-disclosure
Blabbermouths and Clams
Dilemmas of Masculinity
Close friendship in adulthood
Perceptions of male and female initiators of relationships
Intimacy of disclosure topics and sex differences in self-disclosure
Effects of sex-role orientation on behavioral self-disclosure
Sexual Intimacy in Dating Relationships
Sex‐Role Stereotypes
Emotional Intimacy among Men
Are there special effects of personalistic self-disclosure
When boy meets girl
Gender Effects in an Initial Encounter
Self-Disclosure in Dating Couples
Dilemmas of Masculinity
| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,69 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2023 (40) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |