An explanatory study of disclosure avoidance behaviors of husbands and wives was carried out with a quasi-experimental design. A sample of 60 married individuals (30 couples) was obtained in south Georgia. Data were collected by self-report questionnaires and interviews conducted in positive, negative, and neutral nonverbal communications conditions. Six instruments were administered concerning the areas of interest: sex role attitudes, spousal validation, marital equity, disclosure avoidance behaviors, and demographic data. / Four hypotheses were constructed to test the relationship between the independent variables sex role attitudes, spousal validation, marital equity, and the valence conditions in the triads with the dependent variable disclosure avoidance. The hypotheses were derived from a social penetration theory perspective. / The multivariate data analysis indicated a significant relationship between sex role attitudes and the disclosure avoidance behaviors of husbands and wives. A significant relationship was also found between spousal validation and disclosure avoidance behaviors. No significant sex differences were found. / Conclusions drawn from multiple regression analyses of the data have suggested that sex role attitudes and spousal validation perceptions were significantly more important than sex differences to disclosure avoidance behaviors. Traditional wives were significantly more disclosure avoiding than traditional husbands or modern husbands and modern wives. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-06, Section: B, page: 2012. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75114 |
| Contributors | HOLTON, GRESHAM ROYAL., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 230 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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