Measuring the tendency to conceal versus disclose psychological distress.

By Jeffrey H. Kahn, R. Hessling. 2001

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The Experiences in Close Relationship Scale (ECR)-Short Form: Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure (2007, methodology): “We used the DDI (Kahn & Hessling, 2001) to measure comfort with selfdisclosure.”
Adult Attachment, Social Self-Efficacy, Self-Disclosure, Loneliness, and Subsequent Depression for Freshman College Students: A Longitudinal Study (2005, methodology): “Regarding validity, Kahn and Hessling (2001) found that the DDI was positively associated with the Self-Disclosure Index (Miller, Berg, & Archer, 1983) and negatively associated with the Self-Concealment Scale (Larson & Chastain, 1990).”
The role of outcome expectations and attitudes on decisions to seek professional help (2005, methodology): “DDI scores have shown stable test–retest correlations across 2- (.80) and 3-month periods (.81, Kahn & Hessling).”
Self-Concealment: Integrative Review and Working Model (2015, methodology): “…Kahn & Hessling, 2001; Kahn, Lamb, Champion, Eberle, & Schoen, 2002; Uysal, Lin, & Knee, 2010) obtained with the Distress Disclosure Index (DDI; Kahn & Hessling, 2001), and the finding that SC has direct effects on well-being, as well as indirect effects via need satisfaction independent of…”
Measuring the Self-Stigma Associated With Seeking Psychological Help (2006, methodology): “The DDI (Kahn & Hessling, 2001) is a 12-item Likert-type scale assessing the tendency to disclose distressing information to others.”
Motives for the social sharing of an emotional experience (2015, background): “Several existing scales already aim at assessing emotional disclosure: Emotional Self-Disclosure Scale (Snell, Miller, & Belk, 1988), Self-Disclosure Index (Miller, Berg, & Archer, 1983), Distress Disclosure Index (Kahn & Hessling, 2001), and Ambivalence Overemotional Expression (King & Emmons, 1990”
To seek help or not to seek help: The risks of self-disclosure. (2003, methodology): “…in predicting one ’ s attitudes toward seeking psychological services using a validated measure of self-disclosure (Distress Disclosure Index [DDI], Kahn & Hessling, 2001), and for the first time, measuring a person ’ s anticipated feelings of risk and anticipated perceptions of utility…”
Inmate Emotion Coping and Psychological and Physical Well-Being (2007, neutral): “For example, using a much larger sample, Kahn and Hessling (2001) reported highly reliable alphas for their distress-disclosure scale.”