engleski

Sexual Self-disclosure to Different People – Examination of Gender Differences

The aim of this study was to examine factorial structure and construct validity of the Sexual Self-Disclosure scale (Snell and Belka, 1987), separately for each target person, and to examine gender differences in motivation to self-disclose to mother, father, male friend, female friend, partner and stranger. Correlations between results on SSDS and results on Jourard‘s Self-Disclosure Questionnaire, Rosenberg‘s Self-Esteem Scale and the Croatian version of the Separation-Individuation Test of Adolescence were also investigated. Sexual Self-Disclosure Scale measures the extent of disclosure about sexuality to different target person. The survey comprised of a sample of 220 students (95 male, 125 female) with an average age of 20 years. Using factor analysis, two factors were identified as a basis of 12 subscales of the Self-disclosure scale for mother, father, male and female friend, and stranger. The first one is named Attitudes and values, and the other Private aspects of sexuality. The reliability of each scale is high with Cronbach alphas from 0, 870 to 0, 958. Results show that people disclose about sexuality the most to partner, then to friends, and then to parents and strangers. There was also a tendency to disclose more to the same-sex parent and friend. Results on SSDS were in positive correlations with corresponding results on Jourard‘s Self-Disclosure Questionnaire, and with some subscales on the Separation-Individuation Test of Adolescence.

sexual self-disclosure, gender

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