Stanislav Treger
Stanislav Treger is a relationships researcher and the co-author, with Susan Sprecher, of the 2015 Personal Relationships paper on turn-taking self-disclosure. He is listed with DePaul University on that paper.
Who they are
Treger studies how people get acquainted and form relationships. This site draws on the 2015 paper only.
This page records only what the papers and their published records state. Biography beyond the cited work is not given here.
Key papers
The benefits of turn-taking reciprocal self-disclosure in get-acquainted interactions (2015), Sprecher and Treger. Pairs who alternated their disclosures reported more attraction than pairs who disclosed one after the other, especially after the first interaction, with responsiveness, enjoyment and a sense of being liked helping to explain the difference.
Key ideas
The central idea is that disclosure works as an exchange. Taking turns gives each person evidence that the other is listening and responding, and that evidence is part of what builds liking.
Sources
- Sprecher, S., & Treger, S. (2015). The benefits of turn-taking reciprocal self-disclosure in get-acquainted interactions. Personal Relationships, 22(3), 460-475. doi:10.1111/pere.12090