Revised Self-Disclosure Scale (RSDS)

When I express my personal feelings, I am always aware of what I am doing and saying.

When I reveal my feelings about myself, I consciously intend to do so.

When I am self disclosing, I am consciously aware of what I am revealing.

I do not often talk about myself.

My statements of my feelings are usually brief.

I usually talk about myself for fairly long periods at a time.

My conversation lasts the least time when I am discussing myself.

I often talk about myself.

I often discuss my feelings about myself.

Only infrequently do I express my personal beliefs and opinions.

I usually disclose positive things about myself.

On the whole, my disclosures about myself are more negative than positive.

I normally reveal 'bad' feelings I have about myself.

I normally express my 'good' feelings about myself.

I often reveal more undesirable things about myself than desirable things.

I usually disclose negative things about myself.

On the whole, my disclosures about myself are more positive than negative.

I intimately disclose who I really am, openly and fully in my conversation.

Once I get started, my self-disclosures last a long time.

I often disclose intimate, personal things about myself without hesitation.

I feel that I sometimes do not control my self-disclosure of personal or intimate things I tell about myself.

Once I get started, I intimately and fully reveal myself in my self-disclosures.

I cannot reveal myself when I want to because I do not know myself thoroughly enough.

I am often not confident that my expressions of my own feelings, emotions, and experiences are true reflections of myself.

I always feel completely sincere when I reveal my own feelings and experiences.

My self-disclosures are completely accurate reflections of who I really am.

I am not always honest in my self-disclosure.

My statements about my own feelings, emotions, and experiences are always accurate self-perceptions.

I am always honest in my self-disclosures.

I do not always feel completely sincere when I reveal my own feelings, emotions, and behaviors or experiences.