60 female and 60 male undergraduates were assigned randomly and in equal numbers to a female or male interviewer who maintained high, moderate, or low eye gaze while verbally administering the Self-disclosure Sentence Completion Blank of Greene. A two-way (eye gaze × subjects' sex) analysis of variance on over-all scores yielded a main effect for subjects' sex; women self-disclosed more than men. Across subjects, perceived self-disclosure was greater than verbal self-disclosure. The methodological limitations of analogue research are discussed.
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