The Confidant's Role in Managing Private Disclosures: An Analysis Using Communication Privacy Management Theory
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-kent15434211818087662021-08-03T07:09:05Z The Confidant's Role in Managing Private Disclosures: An Analysis Using Communication Privacy Management Theory Basel, Sara Roxanne, Basel Communication Communication privacy management theory confidant rule fidelity boundary rule coordination boundary turbulence empathy stigma Approximately one in five adults in the United States have experienced a mental illness (National Institute of Mental Health, Mental Illness, 2017), however, only a fraction of those people receives any type of support. For family and friends to be able to offer support they must be told about the mental illness, therefore, they become confidants. In this paper, the role of the confidant was studied using communication privacy management theory (CPM). The variables studied include empathy, stigma, confidant types, boundary rule coordination, rule fidelity, and boundary turbulence. Findings from this study indicate that when confidants have high personal stigma, they are more likely to be an uncomfortable reluctant confidant and they are more likely to break the privacy rules. Another important finding from this study was that when the privacy rules were explicitly discussed, people are still likely to break them. Finally, when the rules are broken, disclosers and confidants will typically experience boundary turbulence. When selecting a confidant, disclosers need to find people who are highly empathic; disclosers need to avoid people with high personal stigma. 2018-12-03 English text Kent State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1543421181808766 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1543421181808766 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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The Confidant's Role in Managing Private Disclosures: An Analysis Using Communication Privacy Management Theory |
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The Confidant's Role in Managing Private Disclosures: An Analysis Using Communication Privacy Management Theory |
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confidant's role in managing private disclosures: an analysis using communication privacy management theory |
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Kent State University / OhioLINK |
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2018 |
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