Paula Pietromonaco
Paula Pietromonaco is a researcher in psychology and co-author of a 1998 diary study of self-disclosure, responsiveness and intimacy.
Who they are
The work of Paula Pietromonaco reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Perceived Partner Responsiveness, Disclosure Reciprocity.
Key papers
Laurenceau, J.-P., Barrett, L. F., & Pietromonaco, P. R. (1998). Intimacy as an interpersonal process: The importance of self-disclosure, partner disclosure, and perceived partner responsiveness in interpersonal exchanges. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(5), 1238-1251. What it reports: Two diary studies, of one and two weeks, rated own disclosure, partner disclosure, perceived responsiveness and intimacy after each interaction. Intimacy followed disclosure from both sides, responsiveness carried part of the link, and disclosing emotion predicted intimacy better than disclosing facts.
Key ideas
Perceived Partner Responsiveness: The sense that a partner understands, values and supports who we are.
Disclosure Reciprocity: the back-and-forth matching of personal disclosure between two people, which builds closeness faster than one-sided talk
Sources
- Laurenceau, J.-P., Barrett, L. F., & Pietromonaco, P. R. (1998). Intimacy as an interpersonal process: The importance of self-disclosure, partner disclosure, and perceived partner responsiveness in interpersonal exchanges. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(5), 1238-1251.