Study on Self-disclosure among the Members of Structured Group Encounter

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine how the quantity and domain of self-disclosure among the members would be changed through the structured group encounter (SGE). The study was conducted on two SGEs for education workers. As a result, four factors of the self-disclosure standard (Ⅰ.personal life values, Ⅱ. family and daily life, Ⅲ.heterosexual interpersonal relationships, Ⅳ. small talk) showed the significant changes between the two SGEs. In particular, the factor for the personal life values was greatly changed. From the above-mentioned results, I understand that the SGEs format was effective in encouraging self-disclosure among the members. I found that the SGEs format was particularly effective to increase the factor for the personal life values.