ExperimentCautions: Self-report only · No later follow-up
Relationship and intimacy science
The best-developed account of how disclosure, met with a caring response, becomes closeness.
3 works from this field, lit on the map
Moves it sheds light on
Our reading. None of these fields tests a move inside a circle.
Feeling understood and cared for by a partner is part of what turns a disclosure into intimacy.
Emotional disclosure predicted intimacy more strongly than factual disclosure did.
Builds closeness between strangers through structured, turn-by-turn disclosure.
In the catalogue
- The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness: A Procedure and Some Preliminary Findings
- Intimacy as an interpersonal process: The importance of self-disclosure, partner disclosure, and perceived partner responsiveness in interpersonal exchanges.
Observational study69 students analysed over one week and 89 over two weeksCautions: Self-report only
- Kan relationer fördjupas genom bemötandeträning? En utvärdering av en helgkurs i autentiskt relaterande [Can relationships be deepened through responsiveness training? An evaluation of a weekend course in authentic relating]
Before-and-after study33 of 58 attendees across four courses; 25 and 16 analysed in the two comparisonsCautions: Small sample · Self-selected participants · Self-report only