Disclosure is a critical aspect of the experience of people who live with concealable
stigmatized identities. This article presents the disclosure processes model (DPM)—a …

Self-stigma has a pernicious effect on the lives of people with mental illness. Although a
medical perspective might discourage patients from identifying with their illness, public …

The purpose of this study was to explore the underlying mechanisms through which the use
of social media affects endorser effectiveness. Based on theories related to parasocial …

The main aim of this study was to examine the norms of expressing emotions on social
media. Specifically, the perceived appropriateness (ie injunctive norms) of expressing six …

People spend a substantial portion of their lives engaged in conversation, and yet, our
scientific understanding of conversation is still in its infancy. Here, we introduce a large …

This study seeks to analyze the relationships between content features, video attributes, and
parasocial attributes–the characteristics that could lead to the creation of parasocial …

People can benefit from disclosing negative emotions or stigmatized facets of their identities,
and psychologists have noted that imagery can be an effective medium for expressing …

Support seeking in stigmatized contexts is useful when the discloser receives the desired
response, but it also entails social risks. Thus, people do not always disclose or seek …

The current meta-analysis synthesizes four decades of research (k= 120) on the
antecedents and effects of parasocial relationships (PSRs). In line with contemporary …

Seeking and providing support is challenging. When people disclose sensitive information,
audience responses can substantially impact the discloser's wellbeing. We use mixed …