Letter of Advice

Interpersonal Communication is a very important ingredient in making strong, healthy relationships. Communicating is how we get a better understanding of one another’s perception of things, as well as how we help someone to better understand ours. We need to express our feelings in relationships and know that they are reciprocated. Not communicating leads to problems and misunderstandings. People need to learn to understand what the other person is trying to communicate. Interpersonal communication is the process by which people exchange information, feelings, and meaning through verbal and non-verbal messages: it is face-to-face communication. It is about what is said, how it is said, and the use of non-verbal communication through

Self-disclosure is an important part of any close relationship. Without sharing our own fears and weaknesses, we can

Although communication can be challenging, understanding what communication is, how each of you communicate, the power of verbal and nonverbal expressions, the ability to listen, control emotions and understanding misconceptions, there are ways to make improvements for a healthier relationship.

The realizations I have on self disclosure is that, it is one way of letting my self go. Letting another human being know my inner most feelings and my fears. I am a very private person and I tend to not say much about myself unless I know the person very well. I tend to not to like people who disclose a lot of information to me mainly if we do not have a very close relationship, because to me that means I also have to let them in on some of my inner most feelings. I feel like even if they are a lot of advantages to self-

Though interpersonal communication can be the element to effective communications linking you and your loved one, it can also influence how you and your loved one interrelate with one another by not being a good listener and amplifier. Hello my name is and I will be giving you with a bit of guidance in turn to keep and preserve a well-built strong bond.

After weeks of dating, the relationship moved into the intensifying stage, we were learning more about each other, discussing personal topics that you don’t share with just anyone (hidden stage of Johari window). During the intensifying stage of our relationship, varying degrees of self-disclosure are shared to see what will be reciprocated and testing the impressions someone is making. The hidden region covers the aspects that you know about yourself but others do not, you purposely try to hide certain qualities about yourself. John had a very large hidden region that he covered very well because I didn’t realize how much it would affect out relationship.

Self-disclosure within a romantic relationship signifies a strong bond between the individuals involved. However, allowing your romantic partner into your innermost thoughts can have both positively and negatively affect the relationship. Many times when a relationship begins both parties focus on the similarities they have in common and while one person may not enjoy the activity they will still attempt to have a good time. For example, when my wife and I started dating I took her to play paintball, while she participated she did not have the same feelings for the game as I did.

In addition to assessing the information to be disclosed, anticipated response is another method disclosers utilize to determine whether to reveal their private information. Typically, individuals only disclose when they have confidence in an accurate prediction of the audience’s response (Greene, 2009). Other scholars (Jellison & Riskind, 1977; Jourard, 1971b; Omarzu, 2000; Taylor, 1968) have examined the rewards by which disclosers are motivated. Omarzu (2000) named five social rewards: intimacy, or the pursuit of closeness; social control, wherein the audience can bestow benefits or rewards for disclosure; social approval, or attempts to increase acceptance and liking; relief of distress, during which individuals talk about problems and negative emotions to relieve stress; and lastly, identity clarification, which helps to clarify self-knowledge. As individuals’ goals change and they desire differing social rewards, the disclosure changes either in content or in the targeted audience (Omarzu, 2000). In the present study, individuals disclose private information to a large, diverse

Through Social Penetration theory, Taylor and I started out as strangers which lated turned in becoming my best friend. Taylor and I’s relationship developed through the depth and breadth of self-disclosure. The four observations of breadth and depth are peripheral, self-disclosure, penetration and depenetration. The first observation is peripheral items are exchanged sooner and more frequently than private information. As Taylor and I first started to to develop our friendship, we played it safe by making small talk. Taylor

"Decisions about self-disclosure - whether to reveal one's thoughts, feelings, or past experiences to another person, or the level of intimacy of such disclosure - are part of the everyday life of most persons" (Derlega and Berg, 1987, p. ix). The decisions one makes on the issue of whether or not to self-disclose with others affects not only the types of relationships one will have with others and how they are perceived, but also how well they know themselves. Clearly, self-disclosure plays a major role in the development of close relationships. Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor, the theorists behind Social Penetration theory, recognized this fact and designed their theory to illustrate and explain this process of

The theory gives an understanding of why people are motivated to reveal their private information to others. Communication Privacy Management Theory also identifies the mental thought process one goes through when deciding to reveal private information, such as thinking about the risks or benefits if they choose to self-disclose. Since the theory is fairly new, it does have a few weaknesses, such as the extent of research. Although much research has been done, there has not yet been research across a variety of relationships where self-disclosure has taken

Openness with other individuals is commonly known as self-disclosure according to John Stewart. Self-disclosure allows you to divulge to another person how you perceive and react to current circumstances. It also allows you to give information about yourself from your past that is significant to an understanding of your perceptions and reactions to the present (Stewart, 2012, 211). If this writer could define self-disclosure it would be something revealed about yourself through nonverbal or verbal communication. It could be as simple as a laugh, a facial expression, or pulling up to a drive-through and giving your order. This writer is not a fan of Facebook, due to the fact that people self-disclosure their personal lives openly to the

Individuals have different levels of disclosure and when combined with another individual’s disclosure level can have positive or negative outcomes. The decision to communicate can also cause uncertainty within relationships. Prior research was conducted to try and measure what exactly causes the uncertainty and negative results to show up in a relationship. Intimacy, security, problematic events, and irritations are all different elements that can be stronger or weaker in the relationship based on the disclosure (Theiss and Solomon 2006).

Self-Disclosure is “the process by which one person lets his or her inner being, thoughts, and emotions be known to another. It is important for psychological growth in individual and group psychotherapy” (Self-disclosure). My whole life I have never had any problems with making friends or disclosing quite too much information. As I have grown older, I

In the final analysis, the topic of self-disclosure and the social interaction theory are important assets in interpersonal communication, because it helps individuals balance potential relationships. However, as noted in the beginning: the 36 question experiment tends to focus more on romantic relationships, rather than other types of relations such as friendships. Perhaps if other researchers tested these sets on questions to different interpersonal groups; new information might be discovered, thus expanding the information in the world of communication for the