This study highlights the challenges of computer-mediated communication for vulnerable
individuals and groups, by studying boundary work in stigmatized communities online. Five …

Sexual self-disclosure is a critical component of relationship and sexual satisfaction, yet little
is known about the mechanisms that facilitate a person's engagement in sexual self …

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

Communication privacy management (CPM) theory posits that culturally specific
understandings of privacy guide how people manage private information in everyday …

Endometriosis is a stigmatized health disorder that impacts approximately 10% of the female
population around the world and is characterized by severe physical and psychological …

Communicating verbally about sexual topics is one aspect of sexual communication, and
romantic partners have to choose whether to disclose sexual information. The present study …

Individuals with concealable stigma continually decide whether, and if so, how to disclose to
others. These complex decision-making processes are evident across various stigmatized …

This exploratory article applies Communication Privacy Management theory to an
examination of cancer-related open communication, topic avoidance, and partner burden …

ABSTRACT The Communication Theory of Resilience illustrates the material-discursive and
adaptive-transformative processes that underline resilience, yet research has frequently …

Improved sexual and reproductive health is a key pillar of the overall health, empowerment,
and human rights of individuals and of the sustainable and equitable development of …