Jourard's 40-item self-disclosure instrument requires responses from Ss concerning reported past disclosure and/or willingness for future disclosure. A 48-item self-disclosure inventory was developed in which a respondent provided actual disclosure. Scores on this inventory for actual disclosure were related to scores on the Jourard past and future form for 83 Ss. The inventory for actual disclosure correlated significantly with the Jourard future form but not with the past form. Scores on past and future forms correlated significantly.
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