Abstract The Distress Disclosure Index (DDI; JH Kahn & RM Hessling, 2001) is a brief self-
report measure of one's tendency to disclose personally distressing information. The …

Investigations into the reasons why people seek counseling have, for the most part, focused
on approach factors, those variables that are associated with a potential client's increased …

Drawing on empirical research as well as theory and clinical experience, Barry A. Farber
provides a highly readable examination of self-disclosure by both therapists and patients …

On an MTV special aired in 2000, young interviewees were asked to confess the worse thing
they were ever told during a romantic breakup. One person tearfully responded" that I suck …

Perfectionistic self-presentation is proposed as a deleterious interpersonal style that has an
influence in clinical contexts that involves promoting a public image of perfection and …

We examined whether dispositional negative affectivity (NA) spuriously explains the
relationships between perceived social support and self-reports of well-being (depression …

As the HIV epidemic enters its third decade, it remains one of the most pressing health
issues of our time. Many aspects of the disease remain under-researched and inadequate …

Research suggests that individuals with heightened symptoms of mood and anxiety
disorders engage in diminished emotional disclosure. On the basis of emotion regulation …

Abstract Treatment data from a university counseling center (UCC) that utilized the Outcome
Questionnaire–45.2 (OQ-45; MJ Lambert et al., 2004), a self-report general clinical symptom …

The primary aim of this multimethod study was to investigate client perceptions of the
process, benefits, difficulties, and consequences of disclosing and withholding material in …