Psychological Development and Education ›› 2006, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (4): 83-90.

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Self-disclosure and Self-concealment in Adolescence and the Relationship between them and Subjective Well-being

LI Dong-ping, YU Miaozi, WANG Cai-kang, XIE Xi-jun, ZHOU Liu-mei, ZHU Xun-ming   

  1. Department of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631
  • Online:2006-10-15 Published:2006-10-15

Abstract: A survey using a cluster sampling of adolescence was conducted to investigate the characteristics of self-disclosure and self-concealment in adolescence and the relationship between them and subjective well-being.691 adolescents participated in filling in an anonymous questionnaire.The results indicated that girls disclosed more to fathers,mothers and their best same-sex friends but concealed less than boys.There were significant grade differences with adolescent self-disclosure to mothers,their best same-sex and cross-sex friends.The only-child children disclosed less to their best same-sex and cross-sex friends than non-only-child children did.The target person that adolescents preferred to disclose to also differed across genders and grades.A multiple regression analysis showed that disclosure to parents positively predicted life satisfaction,disclosure to both fathers and the best cross-sex friends positively predicted positive affect,di sclosure to fathers negatively predicted negative feelings while self-concealment positively predicted negative feelings.

Key words: adolescents, self-di sclo sure, self-co ncealment, subjective well-being

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