| Abstract: | Reports an error in "Attachment style and relationship satisfaction: Test of a self-disclosure explanation" by J. Patrick R. Keelan, Karen K. Dion and Kenneth L. Dion (Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 1998Jan], Vol 301], 24-35). Some figures were inadvertently omitted in two tables. The correct tables are provided in the erratum. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 1998-01141-003.) Explored a self-disclosure explanation for why those with a secure attachment style report greater relationship satisfaction than those with insecure attachment styles. Ss were 99 17–36 yr old students who were in ongoing relationships and who had different attachment styles. Ss were compared in terms of the self-disclosures they directed toward their partner vs a stranger, using questionnaire and behavioural measures. Behavioural self-disclosure was assessed by having Ss give talks on different topics, while anticipating that either their current partner or an opposite-sex stranger would later hear it. Results show that Ss with a secure attachment style disclosed more intimately to their partners than to strangers; whereas those with insecure attachment styles did not. Moreover, secures disclosed more personal facts to their partners than to strangers and were also perceived as more comfortable while self-disclosing to partners than to strangers. Finally, support for the hypothesis that self-disclosure mediates the relation between attachment style and relationship satisfaction was found on one component of self-disclosure, facilitative disclosure, a component which included both reported self-disclosure to one's partner and self-rated ability to elicit disclosure from others. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
