protecting one's self from a stigmatized disease… once one has it

By James D. Lee, Elizabeth A. Craft. 2002

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The effects of being categorised: The interplay between internal and external social identities (2003, unknown): “For instance, people with a severe mental or physical illness sometimes hide their devalued identity from their colleagues at work, because they wish to be regarded as regular co-workers (e.g., Holmes & River, 1998; Lee & Craft, 2002).”
Anticipated Stigma and Stigma Management Among Those to be Labeled “Ex-con” (2008, background): “One exception is the work of Lee and Craft ( 2002 ), who linked modified labeling theory to identity theory in order to understand under what circumstances persons with genital herpes utilized strategies of secrecy, withdrawal, or preventative telling.”
The psychological implications of concealing a stigma: a cognitive-affective-behavioral model. (2007, background): “Also relevant is the finding by Lee and Craft (2002) that all of the participants in a genital herpes support group reported avoiding sex-relevant relationships to some degree following their diagnosis.”