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Self‐Disclosure and Neurosis
Author(s) -
MAYO P. R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1968.tb00551.x
Subject(s) - neuroticism , neurosis , psychology , self disclosure , personality , reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , clinical psychology , neurotic disorders , psychiatry , social psychology
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.