“Here-and-Now” and “There-and-Then” Disclosures on Cohesion and on Students' Attitudes toward Specific Courses

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between aspects of self-disclosure, cohesion, and students' attitudes toward the particular courses in which they were enrolled. The subjects consisted of 108 women and 56 men, predominantly enrolled in undergraduate courses at a New Jersey state college. Their ages ranged from 18 to 21 years. The several artitudinal ratlng wales assessed attitude rowad topic of the class, “here-and-now” and “there-and- hen” disclosures, and cohesion. Although the hypothesis that self-disclosure can be used as a prehctor variable for attitude toward college courses was not confirmed, interesting possibilities which might account for this lack of codirrnation are discussed.