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 …

Many assume that individuals with a hidden stigma escape the difficulties faced by
individuals with a visible stigma. However, recent research has shown that individuals with a …

People receiving a health diagnosis experience a range of emotions, including uncertainty
and fear, and may average 1 hour a day or more dealing with illnesses such as diabetes …

Over the last 35 years I have worked with gifted colleagues to develop and test the tenets of
the Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theoretical perspective. 1 To date, a corpus …

The following stories deal with thoughts and feelings about the self, and they illustrate
dilemmas about whether to reveal highly personal information about oneself to significant …

For families, managing private information is challenging. Family members reveal too much,
they allow more privacy access to outsiders than others desire, parents attempt to negotiate …

People who are marginalized experience disproportionate harms when their privacy is
violated. Meeting their needs is vital for developing equitable and privacy-protective …

Toward the end of their academic careers, most students are required to demonstrate their
ability to integrate theory and research methodology in their field of study by completing a …

Issues of disclosure and privacy management are important to the development and
maintenance of interpersonal relationships. We discuss communication privacy …

Context Although abortion is common in the United States, women who have abortions
report significant social stigma. Currently, there is no standard measure for individual‐level …