Self Disclosure - Science topic

In this column in Psychiatric Times, I explore the relational dialogue that is both an apparatus or tool and a way of being—social being. Furthermore, it creates a link between the relational therapies of social psychiatry and the “terms of the social” that are at the heart of social psychiatry. Key Takeaways: * Relational dialogue is central to...

Survivors of domestic abuse face significant challenges securing recovery resources, such as housing, mental health care, and social connections. Accessing these resources requires survivors to disclose their status as survivors of domestic abuse; a process that can be traumatic and emotionally burdensome. In this work, we consider how social robot...

: مستخلص هدف البحث الحالي إلى بناء نسخة مختصرة من مقياس الإفصاح عن الذات، وقد تم تطبيق المقياس على عدة عينات للتأكد من توافر الخصائص السيكومترية، كما تم تطبيقه على عشوائية طبقية مكونة من (408) طالب وطالبة من طلبة جامعة أم القرى لتحديد مستوى الإفصاح عن الذات لديهم. وقد أظهرت النتائج أن المقياس يتمتع بخصائص سيكومترية جيدة، حيث تبين من التحليلي العا...

Background Social media platforms are increasingly used by people living with dementia and their care partners to seek information and advice, share personal stories, raise awareness, and offer support to others. Engagement with social media is often accompanied by a personal disclosure of a dementia diagnosis or identification as a care partner, b...

Humans spend much of their lives in conversation, where they tend to hold many simultaneous motives. We examine two fundamental desires: to be responsive to a partner and to disclose about oneself. We introduce one pervasive way people attempt to reconcile these competing goals—boomerasking—a sequence in which individuals first pose a question to t...

The article publishes the results of research into the factors of professional development of teachers of historical and civic education in modern conditions. Since the professional activities of history and civic education teachers in the conditions of education reform, uncertainty and challenges require constant improvement, it is important for t...

A major component of recovery is the inclusion of lived experience to transform the culture of Mental Health (MH) services. In Israel lived experience has been increasingly integrated into services through peer roles. However, lived experience knowledge and expertise has not been sufficiently nor systematically integrated into the design of mental...

We examined the effects of a supervisor’s multicultural orientation in clinical supervision (MCO-S) on how supervisees perceive supervision processes and outcomes. To conduct this study, we employed an analog method to create two mock supervision vignettes based on the level of a supervisor’s multicultural orientation (high MCO-S vs. low MCO-S). We...

This is Part 1 of a 2-part exploration of mental health through the lens of object-orientation. I propose mental health, in the light of phenomenalism, is a process of self-revealing rather than self-disclosure. It critiques modern psychology's reliance on empirical methods and definitions, suggesting that true mental health arises from the suffici...

Social media is a means of communication that various people use. Some of them are individuals with disabilities who have been misrepresented in the media and society. The subject of this research is Anggi Wahyuda's YouTube channel, a medium for self-disclosure of its owner. The purpose of this study is to find out messages related to self-disclosu...

The introduction of routine HIV counselling and testing (HCT) has increased the number of pregnant women being tested and receiving prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) interventions in South Africa. While many women may enroll in PMTCT, there are barriers that hinder the success of PMTCT programmes. The success of the PMTCT is...

Background: Surveys for chronic diseases, and large epidemiological studies of their determinants, often acquire data through self-report since it is feasible and efficient. We examined validity and associations of self-reported hypertension, as verified by physician telephone interview among participants in a large ongoing Thai Cohort Study (TCS)....

In this paper, we explore the paradox of trust and vulnerability in human-machine interactions, inspired by Alexander Reben's BlabDroid project. This project used small, unassuming robots that actively engaged with people, successfully eliciting personal thoughts or secrets from individuals, often more effectively than human counterparts. This phen...

BACKGROUND: Lack of intimacy is currently the main concern rather than main concern of the experts in psychology and counseling. It is considered as one of the most important causes for divorce and as such to improve marital intimacy a great number of interventions have been proposed in the literature. Intimacy training and counseling make the coup...

Although COVID-19 has been declared endemic in South Korea, there are economic and psychosocial after-effects. One of these is the prevalence of depression. Depressed adolescents and young adults struggle with insecurity, loneliness, and lack of confidence due to the life limitations imposed during the pandemic. Young South Koreans experienced dete...

This study explored attitudes toward the deployment of the word feel in workplace communication. A discourse analysis of this emotionally declarative word across three types of workplace relationships revealed a set of social rules guiding how emotional self-disclosure is managed. Participants outlined how resistance to these rules put social or pr...

The study investigates self-disclosure by adolescents in Taiwan on the private section of Facebook, and their trust in, and intimacy with, Facebook friends in different close relationships. This study further determines the predictors of intimate self-disclosure that are mediated by trust in Facebook friends. In total, 1370 Taiwanese adolescents, v...

The long-term survival rates for childhood cancers have continued to rise, making it critical to understand the long-term outcomes and the follow-up needs of those diagnosed with childhood cancer. Long-term survival is associated with both secondary illnesses and psychological distress; however, the self-disclosure of one’s history of childhood can...

This study generalized the verbal communications of college students who use Facebook to contact friends and identified the detailed content of the verbal communications that predict interpersonal relationships in real life. Initially, 300 Taiwan college students were interviewed about their Facebook use, and verbal communications were divided into...

Millions of people worldwide visit social network sites (SNSs) daily, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat. We examined a model based on the privacy calculus theory to better understand and determine what motivates users to disclose personal information on SNSs in Saudi Arabia. A total of 550 respondents participated in an online survey. The ana...

This study aims to explore the determinants of parasocial interaction (PSI) and the causal relationships between PSI and live streaming continuance watching intentions. Besides, we also examine the moderating effect of skepticism between PSI and live streaming continuance watching intentions. Out of 400 questionnaires distributed, 313 valid questio...

Background Supportive relationships provide positive affect and a sense of belonging, which enable positive mental health outcomes. Objective This study examines the association between the quality of the relationship of youth in Residential Care (RC) with their best friend and their mental health, considering the moderator role of gender and age...

Purpose Numerous studies focus on stigma, HIV disclosure’s impact on treatment compliance, especially in younger groups. Limited research exists about older individuals. We therefore explored issues related to disclosure of HIV status and HIV-related stigma in the elderly. Patients and Methods This was an exploratory qualitative study, employing S...

In pseudonymous online fora like Reddit, the benefits of self-disclosure are often apparent to users (e.g., I can vent about my in-laws to understanding strangers), but the privacy risks are more abstract (e.g., will my partner be able to tell that this is me?). Prior work has sought to develop natural language processing (NLP) tools that help user...

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi bagaimana mahasiswi muslimah menggunakan second account di Instagram sebagai sarana untuk melakukan self-disclosure. Latar belakang penelitian ini adalah fenomena penggunaan second account untuk memisahkan identitas publik dan pribadi. Dengan menggunakan teori dramaturgi dari Erving Goffman, penelitian ini...

Background and Objectives Given the stigma of dementia, individuals with the condition may be wary to disclose their diagnosis to other people, both in face-to-face and digital settings. While sharing one’s dementia diagnosis with others is essential for accessing valuable support for social, cognitive, and physical well-being, this area of researc...

Sacred knowledge is a religious concept of global discussion. Religions are attached to myths and legendary assumptions in their narratives and historic presentations. Most of these values are kept sacrosanct and preserved for references and sometimes attract tourism on the global scenes. There are popularities and values attached to indigenous sac...

The present study was to explore the impact of residential mobility on self-disclosure intention. Hypotheses were tested by two experiments. In Experiment 1, we examined the effect of residential mobility on the self-disclosure of personal contact information by randomly assigning participants to the mobility or stability conditions. In Experiment...

The therapeutic relationship is a cornerstone in psychotherapy; however empirical knowledge on the tacit micro-processes involved in the dyadic co-creation of this relationship remains scarce. This study aimed to explore the tacit micro-processes of building a therapeutic relationship during the first five sessions of psychotherapy. We selected two...

In South Africa, the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) between partners is criminalised under general criminal law offences such as attempted murder, assault and rape, despite the absence of specific HIV-related legislation. Recent court cases have opened the door to securing convictions. These cases highlight the serious le...

Digital media has quickly revolutionized how parents and children communicate, have fun, learn, and solve problems on a regular basis. Most young children use cellphones and tablets on a regular basis, their early digital involvement brings new challenges to parent-child relationships and parental roles. This paper explores parenting in digital era...

Background: The communication skills of healthcare professionals directly impact patient interventions. Consequently, an improvement in healthcare quality indicators is observed. Objective: to adapt and validate the Interpersonal Communication Competence Scale (ICCS) in a Spanish university sample of health science students. Methods: A cross-sectio...

Introduction Difficulties with emotion regulation are associated with the development and maintenance of psychiatric symptoms. Focusing on emotion regulation can be beneficial when treating symptoms and behavioral problems. Here we describe a seven-session transdiagnostic approach to regulating emotions, delivered jointly to adolescents and parents...

Loneliness has emerged as a significant precursor to anxiety and depression, prompting a growing interest in the role of self-disclosure as a potential mitigating factor. Previous research has suggested that self-disclosure may play a critical role in reducing feelings of loneliness, thereby alleviating symptoms associated with these mental health...

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a home-based dialysis. Long-term dialysis results in disturbances in body image, resulting in severe stigma among patients, and leading to a heavy psychological burden and low treatment compliance. This study investigates the level of stigma and related influencing factors among young aged 18–44 years and middle-aged 45–...

Racial trauma refers to emotional injury from direct or vicarious exposure to racist violence. One responsibility for antioppressive psychotherapy is to effectively support Black clients coping with the impacts of police brutality and anti-Black violence, but little is known about how psychotherapists attempt to fulfill this responsibility in routi...

The present study investigated the relationship of gullibility, self-esteem, and emotional self-disclosure (ESD) among institutionalized orphans. This study aimed to examine the mediating role of self-esteem in gullibility(unsuspecting) and emotional self-disclosure (anxiety, fear). In addition, the mediating role of self-esteem was explored. A sam...

Objectives This study aimed to examine the characteristics of shyness observed during the upper elementary school grades and identify the factors contributing to the persistence of shyness. Additionally, the study investigated whether self-disclosure and self-criticism mediate the relationship between shyness and internalization problems. Methods T...

Purpose Normalization of Gender-based violence (NGBV) encompasses cultural norms and beliefs that maintain or minimize recognition of GBV perpetration. Internalized NGBV can inhibit self-disclosure and help-seeking for GBV survivors. Due to the scarcity of instruments addressing this, this paper aims to assess the psychometric properties of the Nor...

Aims To identify the longitudinal trajectories of psychological distress and to explore the predictive factors of different trajectories among young and middle‐aged colorectal cancer patients from diagnosis to 6 months postoperation. Design A longitudinal study was conducted, guided by the STROBE checklist. Methods A total of 214 patients were re...

Social media, whose core element is interactivity, has become an important tool for people to establish and maintain relationships. According to social exchange theory (SET), weighing costs and benefits in the context of online interpersonal interactions can also guide people to decide whether to make a connection with others. While there have been...

Objectives To explore the barriers and facilitators to help-seeking behaviour for symptoms among patients with ovarian cancer in China. Design This semistructured interview-based study used a descriptive phenomenological research method. Setting The study was conducted in China. Participants 17 patients with ovarian cancer were selected based on...

This research aims to find out whether there is an influence of self-disclosure in the media on students' feelings of insecurity. Self-disclosure on social media, such as providing personal information, achievements, or feelings, makes students more vulnerable to social comparisons, criticism, and negative comments. This research uses a descriptive...

Recently, teenage users on social media have been keen to evaluate their personality through the MBTI personality test, so as to further understand themselves in the choice of “person-I” or “person-E”. However, in virtual and realistic situations, there are differences in self-disclosure of different teenage users, which need to be analyzed by empi...

Young adults may feel embarrassed when disclosing sensitive information to their parents, while parents might similarly avoid sharing sensitive aspects of their lives with their children. How to design interactive interventions that are sensitive to the needs of both younger and older family members in mediating sensitive information remains an ope...

Preaching is frequently regarded as a potent instrument to support moral growth and emotional health, especially among young listeners. Preachers sharing personal tales, weaknesses, or difficulties is known as self-disclosure, which has grown in popularity in recent years. The psychological impacts of self-disclosure in preaching to young people ar...

This study aims to analyze the disclosure of online loan users to their partners through social penetration theory. Information technology-based money lending services are one of the innovations in the financial sector, utilizing technology to facilitate lending transactions without meeting in person. This transaction mechanism is carried out throu...

This study aims to analyze self-disclosure in interpersonal communication and the causes of the victim's decision to self-disclose, so that the victim filed a complaint against the violence she experienced to the KOMNAS Perempuan Partner Service Institute. The research method used descriptive analysis with a qualitative approach. Data were collecte...

Gangguan psikologis yang dialami oleh mahasiswa sebagai individu dewasa awal cenderung menjadikan mahasiswa tidak terbuka dan cenderung gangguan tersebut direpresi ke alam bawah sadar. Apabila kondisi ini tidak diatasi maka dapat menimbulkan gangguan psikologis tingkat berat dan dapat mengganggu aktivitas akademik mahasiswa tersebut. Penelitian ini...

Introduction: : Self-disclosure is a complement to information about a person’s health condition and is related to preventing HIV transmission. However, it is not uncommon for people living with HIV/AIDS to reveal their status because they are worried about stigma from society. This research aims to explore experience and perceptions of self-disclo...

Are lonely youngsters turning to chatbots to fill their social needs? The present research contributes to the ongoing scientific endeavors to understand the adoption of chatbots as social companions. Specifically, we examined how many Danish high-school students engage in friend-like conversations with chatbots, why they engage in such conversation...

Previous research showed that having a high level of self-disclosure to a romantic partner can increase positive relationship outcomes (e.g., Hammonds et al., 2020). In addition, being in a romantic relationship can be beneficial for individuals’ health (e.g., Braithwaite et al., 2010). The present study investigated the relationship between self-d...

Self-disclosure (SD) in teaching helps students link theory to practice, scaffold learning, show our human side (Rasmussen and Mishna, 2008), and encourage student−teacher interaction (Jebbour, 2018). Teachers must weigh the pedagogical risks versus rewards (Tobin, 2010), as negative SD can raise incivility in the classroom (Miller et al., 2013). S...

The current research sought a comprehensive understanding about the consequences of information-sharing behavior on social media, given public concerns about privacy violations. We used a mixed-methods approach to investigate the influence of the self on “revealing” and emotional “healing” experiences online. Respondents completed a survey measurin...

Looking at the hashtag #depression on Instagram, this article examines how the topic is presented and which effects this may have. As a sample shows, the hashtag is often used by people from the field of counselling/therapy, but also by micro-influencers. Posts offer information, advice and self-disclosure, aiming at affected individuals and their...

Purpose Researchers continue to address the concept of self-disclosure because it is foundational for helping social networking sites (SNS) function and thrive. Nevertheless, the authors' literature review indicates that uncertainty remains around the underlying mechanisms and factors involved in the self-disclosure process. The purpose of this res...

Students are considered one of the groups most affected by psychological pro blems. Given the highly dangerous nature of mental illnesses and the increasing ly serious state of global mental health, it is imperative for us to explore new me thods and approaches concerning the prevention and treatment of mental illne sses. Large multimodal models (L...

This study examined communication between friends across generations in the most popular TV shows from the 1990s to 2022. The five highest grossing American TV shows and sitcoms were chosen and coded for friends’ self-disclosure, expression of empathy, perspective/advice, critique, appreciation, and complimenting. Demographic characteristics of the...

Companion robots hold immense potential in providing emotional support to older adults in the rapidly aging world. However, questions have been raised regarding whether having a robotic companion benefits healthy older adults, how they perceive the value of companion robots, and what their relationship with companion robots would be like. To unders...

Background To explore the relationship between loneliness and post-traumatic growth, with a focus on the mediating role of psychological resilience and self-disclosure. Methods This study was a cross-sectional survey using the Loneliness Scale for Cancer Patients, the Distress Expression Index Scale (for measuring self-disclosure), the Psychologic...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis penggunaan strategi PERI (Pengenalan Diri) terhadap keterampilan peserta didik dalam mengungkapkan dirinya. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Teknik pada penelitian ini menggunakan teknik angket, wawancara, dan observasi yang dilakukan oleh guru terhadap pesert...

In an era dominated by digital technology, the study of empathy in digital environment has gained increasing attention. This paper has analyzed the comments responding to the interviews featuring grassroots’ struggle on a popular Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili, and found that those comments expressing empathy can be categorized into three...

This study explored the peer relationship process of children of divorced parents in South Korea in the early 2000s using in-depth interviews. The participants were 12 male and female adults who experienced parental divorce between 2002 and 2004. We identified three stages—incompatibility, sympathy, and ease—in their peer relationship process. The...

In the subsection “Grammar of Eros (The Language of Love)” in section 2 of book 2 of The Star of Redemption , the beating heart of the work, Franz Rosenzweig offers a peculiar portrait of the event of revelation. What is presented is a dramatization of the encounter between the loving God and the beloved human soul, a developing scene consisting of...

This paper assessed the efficacy of talk therapy programme on the reduction of undergraduate students’ depression behavior. Pre-test post-test randomized control trial experimental design was adopted by the researchers for the study. Fifty-two (52) counselling, psychology and sociology of education undergraduate students who were drawn through prop...

The study explored the perceptions of social workers on digitalization within child welfare programs at a selected agency in Harare, Zimbabwe. The qualitative research approach and a case study design were used in the study. Seven social workers working at the selected agency were the primary participants in the study. Three social work academics w...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between rumination and coping strategies with marital self-disclosure. Method: This research is fundamental in terms of its objective and descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection. The statistical population of this study consisted of all married women at the Faculty o...

Background Sharing a dementia diagnosis with others is a prerequisite to accessing important support for social, cognitive, and physical activity. However, due to the stigma associated with dementia, individuals may be hesitant to disclose their diagnosis. Despite the importance of this issue, there is limited research on personal experiences with...

In the marriage that experiences adjustments at the beginning of the married couples aged 0-5 years, interpersonal communication is very important so that the relationship can develop and stabilize. This initial period is prone to conflict due to differences that must be adjusted between partners. Interpersonal communication skills are important in...

Background: The therapeutic use of self is an essential concept in nursing, involving the intentional use of personal qualities, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal skills to promote healing and improve patient outcomes.Objective: This study aims to conduct a comprehensive concept analysis of the therapeutic use of self, identifying its defin...

RESOURCES OF POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH OF UKRAINIANS IN CONTEXT OF WAR The article analyzes the psychological consequences of war, reveals the phenomenon of post-traumatic growth in the conditions of war in Ukraine. Post-traumatic growth is considered through the functional-descriptive model of R.G. Tedeschi and L.G. Calhoun. The aim of the study is t...

This goal of this study is to translate and validate the Spousal Self-Disclosure Scale (SSDS) from Turkish to English, originally developed by Ceg & Yildrim (2017). The Spousal Self-Disclosure scale is a crucial instrument for assessing the dynamics of self-disclosure among married couples, which is essential for understanding marital relationships...

Online dating has become a popular stage to find a romantic partner. In such context, interlocutors must employ language carefully to reveal their intentions, attract attention and as well sustain intimacy with their potential partners. While previous studies have explored aspects such as self-disclosure and linguistic strategies in impression form...

Companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to provide users with product recommendations, but its efficacy is inconsistent. Drawing upon social exchange theory, we examine the effects of product recommenders and their levels of self-disclosure on transaction costs. Specifically, we recruited 78 participants and conducted a 2 × 2...

This paper explores the multifaceted role of emojis in digital communication, particularly on social media platforms. Emojis, evolving from their inception in 1997 as pictorial symbols, have become integral to modern communication practices, transcending linguistic and cultural barriers. They facilitate nuanced expressions, emotional conveyance, an...

Social media live shopping has grown rapidly and become common in Indonesian e-commerce since 2020. The development of live and real-time interactions between streamers and audiences establishes trans-parasocial relationships. The relationship is an extension of the parasocial concept, where this seemingly reciprocal relationship occurs between str...

This research explores commercial friendship within Dutch pubs, focusing on the transition from transactional to personal interactions between bartenders and guests. The study uses semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis to reveal that commercial friendship shares many similarities with non-commercial friendship but differs in important as...

The hospital is a workplace full of stressful events for healthcare workers (HCWs) due to unpredictable changes in their daily routines. Perceptions of stressful events (stress mindset) have a significant impact on an individual’s health and well-being. However, few studies have reported the factors and potential counter mechanisms influencing thes...

The increasing presence of LGBT individuals is notable in Indonesia, where the majority are Muslim, and homosexuality is strictly forbidden in Islamic teachings. Indonesian parenting often emphasizes authoritarianism and religious guidance. Despite this, advancements in technology and social media have prompted LGBT, particularly lesbians, to discl...

Background: In South African higher education, LGBTQ+-identifying educators often navigate heteronormative and cisnormative spaces that marginalise their identities. Self-disclosure by LGBTQ+ educators have the potential to disrupt these norms and foster inclusivity, but it also carries personal and professional risks.Objectives: This autoethnograp...

Islam mengajarkan pemeluknya untuk mempertimbangkan segala sesuatu sebelum bertindak, termasuk dalam mengungkapkan diri dalam ruang publik. Malu dan religiusitas yang ada pada umat muslim diharapkan mampu menjadi kontrol dalam mengekspresikan diri di media sosial. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh malu dan religiusitas terhadap sel...

This study analyzes the interpersonal communication patterns of lupus sufferers in the North Sumatra Cinta Kupu community, focusing on self-disclosure, initial diagnosis, and self-concept. Using a qualitative, phenomenological approach, the research seeks to understand the experiences of six informants, divided into key and triangulation groups. Da...

High levels of self-disclosure on different Social Media platforms are part of our everyday lives nowadays. Users tend to share detailed information about their personal lives willingly while often underestimating its negative consequences. Previous studies emphasize the complexity of the processes of online self-disclosure. Our aim with this curre...