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Twenty discussion topics were scaled for intimacy of content using (a) category ratings, (b) Thurstone pair-comparison procedures, and (c) the m~thod of magnitude estimation. The. ~elationship betw~n the magnitude values and both the category ratmgs and Thurstone values was curvIlinear, ~uch that stll~lUlus differences in intimacy were larger at the low end of the continuum and smaller at the hIgh end relatIve to magnitude scale differences. The implications of these results for research in the area of personal disclosure are discussed in terms of the differences in conclusions which might be reached depending upon the method used to assess the intimacy of disclosed material.

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