Self‐Disclosure and Neurosis

Abstract

A modified form of Jourard's self‐disclosure questionnaire which included a measure of other‐disclosure was given to three groups of women: in‐patients with a neurotic diagnosis, normals with neurotic symptoms, and normals. Normals reported higher self‐disclosure than the other two groups; neurotic in‐patients reported lower reciprocity between self‐and other‐disclosure than the normals and the normals with neurotic symptoms. The relationship between self‐disclosure and personal illness, personality, intelligence and social class was also investigated.