An interval-type scale was given to a sample of 84 undergraduate students at a private Western university to assess differences in self-disclosure between the sexes. The questionnaire was a one-group, measured-once design. To analyze the data, a 2-by-2-by-4 analysis of variance was applied. Women disclosed more than men over-all and scored higher on disclosure of strengths than men. These findings contradict Derlega's and Chaikin's (1976) claim that women disclose more weakness and men disclose more strength.
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