Date
3-28-2006
Department
Communication
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Chair
Faith Mullen
Primary Subject Area
Education, Language and Literature; Language, General; Speech Communication
Abstract
This paper studies the time period directly following a self-disclosure act. The narrative paradigm theory was utilized in the study of 62 narratives to reveal themes in participants' post-disclosure intrapersonal communication experiences. The narratives revealed four prevalent themes, judgment, fear, relational growth and relief. These themes were then used to validate the existence of post-disclosure dialectics. Postdisclosure dialectics refers to the intrapersonal tensions participants experiences in the post -disclosure time period.
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