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Database: PsycINFO
Document Type: Journal A icle

Citation
Foube , J. D., & Sholley, B. K. (1996). E ects of gender, gender role, and individualized trust on self-
disclosure. Journal of Social Behavior & Personality, 11(5), 277-288.

Abstract
Self-disclosure, the process of revealing personal information to other people, was examined as
e ected by gender, gender role, and individualized trust. 293 undergraduates (aged 17–25 yrs)
completed the Jourard Self-Disclosure Scale, the Bem Sex Role Inventory, the Individualized Trust
Scales, and a demographic questionnaire. Signi cant interactions emerged between gender and
individualized trust, gender, and gender role, and individualized trust and gender role. Although
masculine males and masculine females self-disclosed similarly, feminine females disclosed markedly
more than feminine males. The relationship between individualized trust and gender role revealed that
an increase in self-disclosure common to androgynous individuals is restricted to those who are high
trusting. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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