TY - JOUR
AU - Dindia, Kathryn
AB - INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICA TION 18 e Reciprocity of Self-Disclosure: A Sequential Analysis KATHRYN DINDIA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee T has been hypothesized that self-disclosure is reciprocal (cf. Altman, 1973; Altman & Taylor, 1973; Chaikin & Derlega, 1974b; Chelune, 1978; Cozby, 1973; Derlega & Chaikin, 1975; Jourard, 1971; Pearce & Sharp, 1973). Despite the fact that more than fifty studies have examined the proposition that self-disclosure is reciprocal, it remains a hypothesis. The proposition is unconfirmed because the studies that attempted to test the hypothesis failed to employ an operational definition of reciprocity that was consistent with the conceptual definition. This chapter reviews the conceptual and operational definitions of reciprocity. The inconsistency between the conceptual and operational definitions in previous research aimed at testing the reciprocity hypothesis is examined. The inadequacy of relationship analysis and difference analysis as statistical tests of the reciprocity hypothesis is demonstrated, and it is argued that the most appropriate test of the reciprocity hypothesis is sequential analysis. This study employs sequential analysis as a test of the reciprocity hypothesis. RECIPROCITY DEFINED Reciprocity of self-disclosure is defined conceptually as mutually con­ tingent self-disclosure. This means that Pis self-disclosure to B causes B's self-disclosure to A, and vice versa. 
TI - Reciprocity of Self-Disclosure: A Sequential Analysis
JF - Annals of the International Communication Association
DO - 10.1080/23808985.1982.11678510
DA - 1982-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/reciprocity-of-self-disclosure-a-sequential-analysis-8O1SHxzmW6
SP - 506
EP - 533
VL - 6
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -