Marital Self-Disclosure

Abstract

This study investigates the effect of occupational stress on self-disclosure levels in married couples. Occupational stress is the strain and anxiety a person experiences about their career, which might impact self-disclosure levels. This study predicts marital self-disclosure will be negatively affected by increased occupational stress. Self-disclosure was measured with the Marital Self-Disclosure Questionnaire (Waring, Holden, & Wesley, 1998). Krantz’s Jobs Rated Almanac (2002) was used to evaluate occupational stress. This study recruited 40 married participants. Results showed a non-significant correlation between self-disclosure and occupational stress. Limitations and future research are discussed. The Effects of Occupational Stress on Marital Self-Disclosure We smile at the elder couple, dressed alike, holding hands walking down the street. Everyone wants to meet that one person they are destined to be with to become their husband or wife. Couples aspire to be the cute older couple smooching under the shade tree in thirty years. There is a social cliché with being...