A Disclosure Decision Model: Determining How and When Individuals Will Self-Disclose

By J. Omarzu. 2000

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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To Disclose or Not to Disclose? Status Distance and Self-Disclosure in Diverse Environments (2009, background): “We propose that, recognizing this, individuals may strategically choose the type of personal information that they share with others of different status (an asymmetric status relationship) in order to manage subsequent status distance and, ultimately, to improve relationships (Derlega & Grzelak, 197”
The benign online disinhibition effect: Could situational factors induce self-disclosure and prosocial behaviors? (2015, methodology): “Exclusion criteria included lack of basic computer skills and no previous experience with online chat programs, lack of written verbal fluency, and failure to establish eye contact (as assessed in the course of a preliminary interview).”
Are Dyads Really Groups? (2010, background): “Consider, for example, self-disclosure (Jourard, 1971; Omarzu, 2000)—the act of opening the self to others by revealing one’s thoughts and feelings, many of which could be sensitive in nature.”
Psychological factors in college students' attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help: A meta-analysis. (2013, background): “In other words, people who expect more risks than benefits from seeking help would perceive that behavior more negatively (Omarzu, 2000; Vogel & Wester, 2003).”
To seek help or not to seek help: The risks of self-disclosure. (2003, background): “Recently, Omarzu (2000) made a distinction between anticipated risk consequences of self-disclosing behavior and anticipated utility consequences of self-disclosure behavior.”
Cross-Group Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes (2011, methodology): “As one example, Omarzu (2000) outlined a “disclosure decision” model in which individuals initially share personal information to achieve a specific goal (i.e., social approval, intimacy, relief of distress, social control, or identity clarification).”
Why Does Someone Reveal Highly Personal Information? Attributions for and against Self-Disclosure in Close Relationships (2008, background): “…grounded in social exchange and interdependence theories (Kelley, 1979), such as the disclosure decision-making models of Derlega & Grzelak (1979), Greene et al. (2006), and Omarzu (2000), disclosers consider reasons for and against disclosure to assess the subjective value of selfdisclosure.”
Sensitive Self-disclosures, Responses, and Social Support on Instagram: The Case of #Depression (2017, background): “Omarzu also suggests two interpersonal risks (social rejection and hurt feelings) and two impression management-based risks (reduction of integrity and loss of control for self-disclosure) [55].”
Norms of online expressions of emotion: Comparing Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp (2017, unknown): “According to the Disclosure Decision Model, the perceived social risks likely influence the depth of disclosures in terms of the sharing of emotionally intense or negative personal information (Omarzu, 2000).”
The disclosure processes model: Understanding disclosure decision-making and post-disclosure outcomes among people living with a concealable stigmatized identity (2010, unknown): “In an elaboration of this general perspective, Omarzu (2000) suggested that activation of specific disclosure goals is the first step in the disclosure decision-making process.”
Interdependence, interaction, and relationships. (2003, background): “Individuals display trust when they disclose, placing themselves in a dependent position (Omarzu 2000, Reis & Patrick 1996).”
Intergroup Contact and Grandparent–Grandchild Communication: The Effects of Self-Disclosure on Implicit and Explicit Biases Against Older People (2006, background): “Self-disclosure is the act of voluntarily providing information to another that is of an intimate or personal nature (Omarzo, 2000).”
The Revelation Risk Model (RRM): Factors that Predict the Revelation of Secrets and the Strategies Used to Reveal Them (2009, background): “Other models offer additional insight into the reasons why people reveal or continue to conceal secrets (e.g., Lane & Wegner, 1995; Omarzu, 2000; Petronio, 2002).”
Disclosing the Trauma of Child Sexual Abuse: A Gender Analysis (2005, background): “Approach and avoidance factors have been proposed as influencing a person’s decision to disclose whereby anticipated consequences by the individual of disclosing will determine his or her actions (Omarzu, 2000).”