Gender and Sex-Role Differences in Intimacy of Self-Disclosure

The present study examined the relationship of gender and sex-role type to intimacy of self-disclosure. Participants wrote descriptions of themselves which were supposedly to be given to another person, whom they were led to believe they would later meet. Women were significantly more intimate in their self-disclosures than were men. Differences in intimacy of disclosure were also found for different sex-role types, but contrary to expectations, femininity was not positively related to disclosure. Instead, masculinity was negatively related to intimacy of self-disclosure.

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The Relationship of Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and Gender-Role Orientation in Four National Samples

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001.28.2.78 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 78-87 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Stefan J. Troche ◽

Nina Weber ◽

Karina Hennigs ◽

Carl-René Andresen ◽

Thomas H. Rammsayer

Keyword(s):

Gender Role ◽

Sex Role ◽

Role Orientation ◽

Sexually Dimorphic ◽

Gender Role Orientation ◽

Left Hand ◽

Fourth Finger ◽

And Gender ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Abstract. The ratio of second to fourth finger length (2D:4D ratio) is sexually dimorphic with women having higher 2D:4D ratio than men. Recent studies on the relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation yielded rather inconsistent results. The present study examines the moderating influence of nationality on the relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation, as assessed with the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, as a possible explanation for these inconsistencies. Participants were 176 female and 171 male university students from Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden ranging in age from 19 to 32 years. Left-hand 2D:4D ratio was significantly lower in men than in women across all nationalities. Right-hand 2D:4D ratio differed only between Swedish males and females indicating that nationality might effectively moderate the sexual dimorphism of 2D:4D ratio. In none of the examined nationalities was a reliable relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation obtained. Thus, the assumption of nationality-related between-population differences does not seem to account for the inconsistent results on the relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation.

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Mediating Effects of Working Alliance and Self-Disclosure in the Relationship of Supervisee's Shame and Supervision Satisfaction

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e712492007-001 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Sung-Kyung Yoo ◽

Jeeyeon Kang ◽

Dong-Yul Lee

Keyword(s):

Working Alliance ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Self Disclosure ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

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The relationship of sex-role orientation to heterosexuals' attitudes toward homosexuals

Sex Roles ◽

10.1007/bf00287903 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 17 (1-2) ◽

pp. 103-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

Bernard E. Whitley

Keyword(s):

Sex Role ◽

Role Orientation ◽

Sex Role Orientation ◽

Attitudes Toward Homosexuals ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

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Self-Disclosure and Occupational Stress in Chinese Professionals

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.2000.87.3f.1075 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 87 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1075-1082 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

P. Nicholas Hamid

Keyword(s):

Occupational Stress ◽

Social Relationships ◽

Psychological Symptoms ◽

Hong Kong Chinese ◽

Self Disclosure ◽

Stress Buffering ◽

Best Friend ◽

Chinese Adult ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The relationship of self-disclosure with occupational stress and symptoms of stress was examined among 243 Hong Kong Chinese adult professionals. Self-disclosure was negatively correlated with both occupational stress and psychological symptoms of stress for disclosures of personal feelings and social relationships when disclosing to a Best Friend, indicating a stress-buffering effect. There was a positive correlation between occupational stress and psychological symptoms of stress for disclosure of personal feelings and information about social relationships when disclosing to Mother. While both sexes reported similar occupational stress, the total self-disclosure of women was higher than for men, and this was especially true for intimate topics. The implications of the results were discussed.

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