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Self‐Disclosure, Genuineness, and the Interpersonal Relationship
Author(s) -
Truax Charles B.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1971.tb01467.x
Subject(s) - psychology , precondition , congruence (geometry) , interpersonal communication , social psychology , computer science , programming language
The hypothesis that genuineness or congruence is directly causative of therapeutic client change and that self‐disclosure is itself a basic precondition for the development of genuineness is proposed and discussed.