EFFECTS OF GENDER, GENDER-ROLE, AND INDIVIDUALIZED TRUST ON SELF-DISCLOSURE

Citation
Jd. Foubert et Bk. Sholley, EFFECTS OF GENDER, GENDER-ROLE, AND INDIVIDUALIZED TRUST ON SELF-DISCLOSURE, Journal of social behavior and personality, 11(5), 1996, pp. 277-288
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
ISSN journal
08861641
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
277 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0886-1641(1996)11:5<277:EOGGAI>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Self-disclosure, the process of revealing personal information to othe r people, was examined as effected by gender, gender role, and individ ualized trust. undergraduate participants (N = 293) completed the Jour ard Self-Disclosure Scale (Jourard, 1971b), the Bern Sex Role Inventor y (Bem, 1974), the Individualized Trust Scales (Wheeless & Grotz, 1977 ), and a demographic questionnaire. Significant interactions emerged b etween gender and individualized trust (p < .01), gender and gender ro le (p < .05), and individualized trust and gender role (p = .01). Alth ough masculine males and masculine females self-disclosed similarly, f eminine females disclosed markedly more than feminine males. The relat ionship, between individualized trust and gender role revealed that an increase in self-disclosure common to androgynous individuals is rest ricted to those who are high trusting.