title: [Effects of the recipient's response on the emotions and cognitions of female undergraduates disclosing negative emotional experiences in interpersonal relationships].
abstract: The relationship between a recipient's response to a disclosure of negative emotional experiences, and the resulting negative emotions, hesitation in self-disclosure (interpersonal and intra-personal hesitation), and negatively-confused thoughts of the person making the disclosure were investigated. Female undergraduates (N=271) were asked to write about angry or sad events in their interpersonal relationships that they had disclosed to someone. Then they completed a questionnaire assessing the recipient's responses, negative emotions such as anger and depression caused by the recipient's responses, hesitation in self-disclosure about the events, and negatively-confused thoughts about the events. The results of covariance structure analysis indicated that a recipient's rejection in response to the disclosure of negative emotional experiences resulted in negative thoughts caused by an increase of negative emotions and hesitation in self-disclosure. The results also showed that a recipient's acceptance also increased depression in the person making the self-disclosure, which intensified the intra-personal hesitation, and increased negatively-confused thoughts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba University of Tsukuba, Japan. fehiroko@human.tsukuba.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yukawa
mesh_terms: D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012650:Self Disclosure; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult