Despite assumptions that families are close and intact, the prevalence of family member
marginalization, parent–child alienation, and parent–child estrangement is overwhelming …

This study explores organizations' communication practice as the antecedent of employees'
health-related perceptions and intentions to disclose their health information in the …

Disclosure related to mental illness has been linked to various positive outcomes, including
better mental health. However, many individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) continue …

People with mental health problems sometimes have the choice of whether or not to
disclose this information to others. The decision to disclose or conceal is likely to depend on …

Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) face many psychosocial challenges, including HIV
disclosure to others. Given the importance of socialization during the adolescent transition …

There are myriad technological devices, computer programs, and online information sources
available for people to manage their health and the health of others. However, people must …

This study is framed in theories of illness uncertainty (Babrow, AS, 2007, Problematic
integration theory. In BB Whaley & W. Samter (Eds.), Explaining communication …

Within the context of mental illness disclosure between friends, this study tested the
disclosure decision-making model (DD-MM; Greene, 2009) to comprehensively investigate …

Support from social networks is imperative to mental health recovery of persons with mental
illness. However, disclosing mental illness may damage a person's participation in networks …

As identified in HealthyPeople 2020, the transgender population faces various barriers in
accessing quality health care. One barrier includes the fear of negative response or refusal …