DOBNE I SPOLNE RAZLIKE U SAMOOTKRIVANJU ADOLESCENATA RAZLIČITIM OSOBAMA
AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ADOLESCENTS’ SELF-DISCLOSURE TO DIFFERENT PERSONS

Summary/Abstract: An investigation was carried out on 139 high school students and 287 university students. The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure of Jourard's self-disclosure questionnaire (SDQ), separately for self-disclosure to six different persons (mother, father, the best male friend, the best female friend, partner and stranger). The other aims were to examine the age and gender differences in self-disclosure as well as relationships among self-disclosure and shyness. For the self-disclosure to mother and the best female friend one interpretable factor was excluded. That means that adolescents disclose themselves to these persons similarly in more intimate and less intimate spheres. For the self-disclosure to father, the best male friend, stranger and partner two factors were extracted. One factor is related to more intimate, and the other to less intimate spheres of life. Adolescents disclose themselves to these persons in more intimate spheres less than to mother and the best female friend. Shyer adolescents disclose themselves less to father and the best male friend, while there is no significant correlation among shyness and self disclosure to mother and the best female friend.

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