Self-Disclosure and Asian Students' Abilities to Cope with Social Difficulties in the United States

Abstract

In this study I examined the relationships between self-disclosure and the abilities of Asian students (N = 129) to cope with social difficulties in the United States using Wheeless's (1978) General Disclosiveness Scale and the Social Situations Questionnaire (Furnham & Bochner, 1982). Results from Pearson product-moment correlations and stepwise multiple regression analyses showed positive relationships between intent, honesty, and valence of self-disclosure and social difficulties and negative relationships between amount and depth of self-disclosure and social difficulties. A one-way analysis of variance on self-disclosure indicated differences among subjects from different nations.