Planning a Stigmatized Nonvisible Illness Disclosure: Applying the Disclosure Decision-Making Model. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This study applied the disclosure decision-making model (DD-MM) to explore how individuals plan to disclose nonvisible illness (Study 1), compared to planning to disclose personal information (Study 2). Study 1 showed that perceived stigma from the illness negatively predicted disclosure efficacy; closeness predicted anticipated response (i.e., provision of support) although it did not influence disclosure efficacy; disclosure efficacy led to reduced planning, with planning leading to scheduling. Study 2 demonstrated that when information was considered to be intimate, it negatively influenced disclosure efficacy. Unlike the model with stigma (Study 1), closeness positively predicted both anticipated response and disclosure efficacy. The rest of the hypothesized relationships showed a similar pattern to Study 1: disclosure efficacy reduced planning, which then positively influenced scheduling. Implications of understanding stages of planning for stigmatized information are discussed.

publication date

  • September 23, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Attitude to Health
  • Decision Making
  • Self Disclosure
  • Social Stigma
  • Truth Disclosure

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC5215027

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84988638356

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1037/0022-0167.54.1.40

PubMed ID

  • 27662447

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 150

issue

  • 8