Our basic premise remains the same—communication processes create and reflect family
systems and family identity. Relying on a range of theoretical perspectives, we examine the …

The interpersonal communication about health and illness that people engage in every day
is an important—and often foundational—space in which people learn about and manage …

Researchers in this study explored friends' boundary coordination and ownership
surrounding private information as posed by Communication Privacy Management theory …

Revealing a hidden, chronic illness is a risky and vulnerable act. Ill individuals often remain
socially stigmatized, and those who live with invisible illness must legitimize their ill identity …

Individuals perceiving high social support tend to perceive better adjustment to infertility.
However, it remains unclear whether this benefit is affected by the actual disclosure of the …

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

People use metaphors to cognitively frame their experiences as well as to explain those
experiences to others, especially in complex medical situations. However, previous research …

In this article, I present an analysis of 1930 posts from 12 discussion threads from an online
parenting forum, drawing upon a broader project on the mediation of childbirth. I present …

This study explored the connection between communication privacy management and
person‐centered messages directed toward mothers, as they make decisions to disclose or …

Communication about one's grief is both essential and complicated. We employ
communication privacy management theory to examine how bereaved individuals manage …