The Bern Sex-role Inventory, the 25-item version of the Attitudes toward Women Scale, and either the Cognitive Complexity Scale or a 40-item Self-disclosure Scale were administered to 322 introductory psychology students. Adherence to the sex-role traditional for one's sex was related to conservative attitudes toward women for females and high self-disclosure for both sexes. Liberal attitudes toward women were related to high self-disclosure in males, but cognitive complexity was unrelated to sex role or attitudes.
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