The relationship between self-disclosure and degree of acquaintance was explored under the guise of collecting handwriting samples from 32 male and 36 female undergraduates. Results indicated that high self-disclosure from an experimenter elicited more intimacy than low and that friends tended to disclose most and strangers least. No sex differences were observed.
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