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Self‐disclosure patterns in clinical and nonclinical couples
Author(s) -
Chelune Gordon J.,
Vosk Barbara N.,
Sultan Faye E.,
Ogden J. Kirby,
Waring E. M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198401)40:1<213::aid-jclp2270400142>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - psychology , discriminant function analysis , self disclosure , coding (social sciences) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , content analysis , discriminant validity , social psychology , psychometrics , statistics , social science , mathematics , sociology , internal consistency
Examined differences in the self‐disclosing patterns of 10 clinical and 10 nonclinicl couples in a structured interview using the Self‐Disclosure Coding System (SDCS), a behavioral content analysis system designed to assess the basic parameters of disclosing behavior. A discriminant function analysis revealed that two SDCS variables, (1) time spent talking; and (2) judged degree of congruence between verbal content and affective manner of presentation, could discriminate the two groups and would classify correctly 70% of the couples. These results suggest that is not what clinical couples say, but how they say it that will distinguish them from nonclinical couples.