Measurement of Self-Disclosure: Self-Report, Ratings of Peers and Supervisors

The data reported here represent an attempt to determine the validity of a modified version of the Jourard Self-disclosure Questionnaire (Jourard, 1969) as it was used in an unpublished study. Ten counseling psychology trainees completed the Jourard scale and rank ordered each other on both disclosure in counseling and disclosure in personal situations. Ss were then ordered on the basis of the sum of ranks for each condition. A supervisor also rank ordered the 1 0 Ss on these two dimensions. And, Ss were ordered on the basis of their Jourard scores. Spearman rank-difference coefficients ( rho ) were computed among these five measures (Table 1 ) .