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Self-disclosure to same- and opposite-sex parents: an empirical test of insights from role theory.

Jack O. Balswick, +1 more
- Vol. 40, Iss: 3, pp 282-286
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The article was published on 1977-09-01. It has received 30 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Role theory & Empirical research.

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The Intensification of Gender-Related Role Expectations during Early Adolescence

TL;DR: The Gender-Intensification Hypothesis is considered, some new points of departure for research related to it and to the study of gender-differential socialization during adolescence in general are suggested.
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Sex differences in self-disclosure: a meta-analysis.

TL;DR: A meta-analysis of 205 studies involving 23,702 Ss found that sex differences in self-disclosure were significantly greater to female and same-sex partners than to opposite-sex or male partners.
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Attachment styles and patterns of self-disclosure.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the role that attachment styles play in the way adults disclose themselves to others and found that both secure and ambivalent people showed more self-disclosure than avoidant people.
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Parent-adolescent communication.

TL;DR: Overall, adolescents of both sexes tended to communicate more with mothers than with fathers over a wide range of areas, and more self-disclosure occurred to mothers than to fathers, with daughters disclosing more to mother than did sons.
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Some things are better left unsaid: Topic avoidance in family relationships

TL;DR: The authors investigated both child/parent and sibling relationships and found that adolescents and young adults avoid discussing negative life experiences and dating experiences more with parents than siblings, and more with male targets.
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