What Roles Do Self-Disclosure and Feedback Play in Our Relationships

question 33

Essay

What roles do self-disclosure and feedback play in our relationships with others?​

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Definitions:

Defensive Coping

A psychological strategy individuals use to protect themselves from perceived threats or stress, often by avoiding or minimizing the impact of distressing situations.

Emotion-Focused Coping

Strategies aimed at managing and reducing the intensity of negative emotions arising from stressful situations.

Unconscious Strategies

Psychological mechanisms or processes that operate without the individual's conscious awareness to handle thoughts or feelings.

Primary Appraisal

The initial evaluation process where an individual assesses the significance of a stressor as irrelevant, benign-positive, or stressful.