Self-Disclosure

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Themes in the Study of Self-Disclosure

   • John H. Berg, Valerian J. Derlega

   Pages 1-8

3. A Neuropsychological Perspective of Interpersonal Communication

   • Gordon J. Chelune

   Pages 9-34

4. Why Am I Telling You This?

   • Lynn Carol Miller, Stephen J. Read

   Pages 35-58

5. Private Self-Consciousness and Self-Disclosure

   • Mark H. Davis, Stephen L. Franzoi

   Pages 59-79

6. Gender and Self-Disclosure

   • Charles T. Hill, Donald E. Stull

   Pages 81-100

7. Responsiveness and Self-Disclosure

   • John H. Berg

   Pages 101-130

8. Marriage and Verbal Intimacy

   • Mary Anne Fitzpatrick

   Pages 131-154

9. Self-Disclosure and Relationship Disengagement

   • Leslie A. Baxter

   Pages 155-174

10. The Relation of Loneliness and Self-Disclosure

    • Joseph P. Stokes

    Pages 175-201

11. The Relationship between Psychopathology and Self-Disclosure

    • Bruce N. Carpenter

    Pages 203-227

12. The Dilemma of Distress Disclosure

    • Dan Coates, Tina Winston

    Pages 229-255

13. “I Have to Talk to Somebody”

    • William B. Stiles

    Pages 257-282

14. Self-Disclosure in Cognitive Marital Therapy

    • Edward M. Waring

    Pages 283-301

15. Counseling and Self-Disclosure

    • Susan S. Hendrick

    Pages 303-327

16. Commentary

    • Richard L. Archer

    Pages 329-342

17. Back Matter

    Pages 343-357

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Decisions about self-disclosure-whether to reveal one's thoughts, feel­ ings, or past experiences to another person, or the level of intimacy of such disclosure-are part of the everyday life of most persons. The nature of the decisions that a person makes will have an impact on his or her life. They will determine the kinds of relationships the person has with others; how others perceive him or her; and the degree of self­ knowledge and awareness that the person possesses. The study of self-disclosure has interested specialists from many disciplines, including personality and social psychologists, clinical and counseling psychologists, and communications researchers. Our book brings together the work of experts from these various disciplines with the hope that knowledge about work being done on self-disclosure in related disciplines will be increased. A strong emphasis in each of the chapters is theory development and the integration of ideas about self-disclosure. The book's chapters explore three major areas, including the interrelationship of self-disclosure and personality as well as the role of self-disclosure in the development, maintenance, and deterioration of personal relationships, and the con­ tribution of self-disclosure to psychotherapy, marital therapy, and counseling.

• communication
• consciousness
• Counseling
• gender
• knowledge
• personality
• psychopathology
• psychotherapy
• stress

• Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA

  Valerian J. Derlega

• University of Mississippi, University, USA

  John H. Berg

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