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Lesbian Inmates
A Qualitative Study of Self-Disclosure
among Lesbian Inmates of Women’s Prison
in Banten, Indonesia
WELCOME
1st Author
RETNO RYANI KUSUMAWATI
Lecturer of STIE Banten, Indonesia
retno.rk@gmail.com
+62 819 1911 1919
WELCOME
2nd Author
RETIKA NAJMAMULAT ASIH
Clinical Psychologist of Ministry of Law and Human Rights Indonesia
retikanajma@hotmail.com
+62 816 461 8877
CONCEPT
Self-Disclosure
How they disclose
Self- themselves in society?
Disclosure
Lesbian How?
How life in prison
Why?
Inmates with homosexual
relationship?
How? Why?
Why inmates choose
being a lesbian?
OBJECTIVES
3 5
1
RESEARCH BACKGROUND
Self-Disclosure
is a process of communication by which one
person reveals information about themselves to
another
Emmi & Kokkonen (2007)
SELF-DISCLOSURE DIMENSIONS
01 Breadth
Range of topics to discuss
04 Duration
Length of interaction
02 Depth 05 Valence
If positive, it’ll give warm
The Intimacy Level feelings, happy memories; if
negative, it’ll leave hostile
feelings, fears, and anger
03 Frequency
How often does the
06 Veracity
The Truthfulness
disclosure occurs?
Devito (1986)
METHODOLOGY