Colitz, Andrew (5/14) The effect of metaphorical primes and attachment style on self-disclosure (Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Kevin B. Meehan, Ph.D.; Nicole M. Cain, Ph.D.)
This research examined the effects of metaphoric thinking on intimacy and self-disclosure. The current study also examined the relationship between attachment style and intimacy and self-disclosure. Participants included 90 undergraduate and graduate students (28 males and 62 females) who were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) a linguistic understanding of the visual prime, (2) non-linguistic embodied prime, and (3) control group. Overall, there were significant differences in the measure of intimacy and self-disclosure scores across the three conditions in that the two metaphorical experimental conditions had significantly higher intimacy and self-disclosure scores: likelihood of future friendship, felt closeness and intimacy, and degree of participant self-disclosure than the non-metaphorical control group. There, however, was no significant difference in intimacy and self-disclosure scores between the two metaphoric conditions. Also, there was no statistical significant relationship between secure attachment and intimacy and self-disclosure.
