Along with the need to disclose, we have an equally important drive to maintain some space between ourselves and others. this dialectic is known as:

The answer is "openness-privacy dialectic".

Disclosure is one characteristic for relational connections. However, alongside the drive for closeness, we have a similarly essential need to keep up some space amongst ourselves as well as other people. openness-privacy dialectic alludes to the strain between the requirement for exposure and the requirement for mystery in a relationship.

The best sociological research method would have to be using experiments although it has some disadvantages as well