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Peer reviewedDavidson, Bernard; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1983
Based upon responses to questionnaires by 162 university married-housing couples, equity theory was used to explain the relations between affective self-disclosure and marital adjustment. Found that the greater discrepancy in partners' affective self-disclosure, the less was an individual's marital adjustment. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Disclosure, Emotional Adjustment, Interpersonal Relationship
