Self-disclosure patterns between mothers and adult daughters as a function of daughters' marital and parental statuses.
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Title
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Self-disclosure patterns between mothers and adult daughters as a function of daughters' marital and parental statuses.
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Identifier
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AAI9207136
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identifier
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9207136
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Creator
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Weiss, Marjorie.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Florence Denmark
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Date
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1991
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Social | Sociology, Individual and Family Studies
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Abstract
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The present study examined the influence of the daughters' marital status and parental status on self-disclosure patterns between young adult daughters and their mothers. The research design involved a cross-sectional comparison of daughters (never-married, married without children, married with children) and mothers (mothers of never-married daughters, mothers of married daughters without children, and mothers of married daughters with children). Self-administered questionnaires which focused on the mother-daughter relationship were completed by 79 daughters and 63 mothers. Six mothers reported on two daughters (rather than one daughter); thus, a total of 69 questionnaires completed by mothers were analyzed. Each questionnaire consisted of six instruments: a demographic questionnaire, a liking scale, a self-disclosure measure, a self-disclosure survey regarding attitudes and perceptions, a relationship survey, and a social desirability scale. The predictions of the present study were based on theories of status similarity, theoretical and empirical writings on the mother-daughter relationship, as well as specific portions of the self-disclosure literature.;It was hypothesized that the daughters' marriage, and to a greater extent her motherhood, would positively impact both the daughters' and mothers' reports on the various disclosure and related issues indices. Virtually each hypothesis was tested by a one way analysis of variance, which when indicated was followed up by three pair-wise tests conducted by the Fisher Least Significant Difference method. Contrary to expectations, the major findings indicated that relative to the other two categories of respondents, the never-married category ranked highest on the various self-disclosure measures. Several subsidiary results of interest were obtained concerning: change in disclosure over time, negatively valenced disclosure, and the association between disclosure and relationship satisfaction. The limited qualitative data that was obtained, captured an essence of the mother-daughter relationship that eluded quantification and provided some support for the hypotheses. Explanations for the observed pattern of results are discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
