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 …

Disclosing information, thoughts, and feelings about personal and meaningful topics
(experimental disclosure) is purported to have various health and psychological …

Disclosing personal information to another person has beneficial emotional, relational, and
psychological outcomes. When disclosers believe they are interacting with a computer …

Long-standing social problems such as poor achievement, personal and intergroup conflict,
bad health, and unhappiness can seem like permanent features of the social landscape. We …

Background: Previous research suggests that artificial agents may be a promising source of
social support for humans. However, the bulk of this research has been conducted in the …

For the past decade, an increasing number of studies have demonstrated that when
individuals write about emotional experiences, significant physical and mental health …

Alan Newell (1990) described science as a process of approximation. One theory will
replace another if it is seen as providing a better description of currently available data (pp …

Presents a valuable new approach to research and treatment of psychological disorders•
Offers new and creative ideas to clinicians to develop their clinical skills• Provides an …

Established as the foremost textbook on communication, the seventh edition of Owen
Hargie's Skilled Interpersonal Communication is thoroughly revised and updated with the …

A research synthesis was conducted to examine the relationship between a written
emotional expression task and subsequent health. This writing task was found to lead to …