The relationship between self-described personality (Leary's system) and self-disclosure was explored. Dominance/Submission and Love/Hate related significantly to reported disclosure (Jourard's scale), but only Love/Hate was significantly associated with a behavioral measure. Self-descriptions of dominance and interpersonal closeness predicted high levels of reported disclosure, whereas the Hate end of the Love/Hate dimension was associated with the high levels of behavioral disclosiveness. Females reported more disclosure than males, but little relationship was shown between sex and disclosing behavior.
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