The current academic interest in interpersonal communication is noted and a rationale and technique for mapping the self-disclosure patterns of adolescents is presented. An attempt is made to link the study of interpersonal communication to the mainstream of the ecological systems approach to the behavioral sciences. (Author)

Investigates whether self-disclosure elicits anxiety and subsequent coping attempts in subjects who interact with a direct, open and disclosing communicator. Subjects were 40 male and 40 female college students. Results indicate direct and open communication does elicit some degree of anxiety in the listener. (Author)

Sex differences, personal consistency, and development of reciprocity in the pattern of self-disclosure exchange and the amount of disclosures expressed were expected in opposite-sex interaction dyads. Time analysis of transcripts of conversations between 59 dyadic partners demonstrated no sex differences, a moderate degree of personal consistency…

The compilation offers abstracts and source information about 328 behavioral science research projects in Sweden during 1976 and the first four months of 1977. The entries, grouped alphabetically by author, include 24 subject categories such as adult education, applied psychology, communication systems, developmental psychology, experimental…