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Promoting Self-disclosure Using Associative Cards in High School Adolescents

Yanjing ZhengInternational Department Sino-American Program of Beijing Huiwen Middle School*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

The Self-disclosure for adolescents is important for their interpersonal relationships as well as future social development. Adolescents tend to increase their self-disclosure when they communicate with their peers. Associative cards serve as a tool that closes the distance between people and builds an emotional connection with others during communication. Previous research has showed that associative cards could facilitate the self-disclosure of patients with psychological problems. This study aims to test the effectiveness of associative cards on adolescents’ self-disclosure in school settings. This study adopted a quasi-experimental design with non-randomized samples, 14 volunteer students were invited to join in the associative cards activity. The Self-Disclosure Inventory was used to measure participants’ self-disclosure. Participants finished the same inventory before and after the activity. The results showed that score differences between the pretest and posttest indicated a significant difference, which suggested that using associative cards can promote adolescents’ self-disclosure in the school environment. The conclusion provided a novel way to facilitate peer relationships in school. Educators can use associative cards more in the future to promote adolescent’s self-disclosure to peers. The associative cards activity in this research can be improved and extended to study whether the promotion of adolescents’ self-disclosure can last long term.

Keywords: self-disclosure; associative cards; adolescents; interpersonal relationship; school environment
Published: November 20, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/14/20230404
Volume: CHR Vol.14
pp. 48-55
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