Differences in self‐disclosure in dual‐career and single‐career marriages

Abstract

This investigation assessed the differences in depth, breadth, and amount of self‐disclosure of 30 dual‐career and 30 single‐career couples. Respondents completed a self‐disclosure questionnaire adapted from the Taylor‐Altman Intimacy Scaled Instrument (1966). Two‐way interactions between career and sex for all three dimensions of self‐disclosure necessitated follow‐up analyses comparing dual‐ and single‐career husbands, dual‐ and single‐career wives, dual‐career spouses, and single‐career spouses. Implications for the study of self‐disclosure in marriage are discussed.

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Lawrence B. Rosenfeld is Professor of Speech Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Sharon M. Welsh is Instructor of Speech Communication, North Carolina State University.