Clinical and experimental data are cited to show that not expressing anger can also have maladaptive consequences: poisoning" of relationships, psychosomatic disorders, and impairment of cognitive functions. The article by Berkowitz is critically analyzed. (Author/EK)

Examined sex and situational factors of subject role, type of feeling, and sex of best friend in relation to affective self-disclosure and self-reported anxiety of undergraduates. Interactions revealed affective self-disclosure is sex-linked and situation specific, with females initiating positive feelings to same-sex best friends being most…

Describes a study developed to explore how the extraversion-introversion personality variable may act as a moderator variable in the dyadic self-disclosing situation. (Author/EJT)

Based on the factorial analysis of data collected from 260 undergraduates, this study found differences in self-revealing associated with information content, target person, and sex of subject. Gilding was found to be related to self-disclosure and intimate rather than superficial information. Dogmatism did not influence either revealing or…

This study examines the effects of sex upon the perception, evaluation and reciprocation of self-disclosing behavior. Subjects were 68 Rutgers University undergraduates who responded to a written statement attributed to either a male or female. The statements varied according to level of intimacy; some disclosed intimate information, while others…