The Revelation Risk Model (RRM): Factors that Predict the Revelation of Secrets and the Strategies Used to Reveal Them

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Brief Status Report on Communication Privacy Management Theory (2013, background): “…of Tammy Afifi’s work has contributed significantly to an understanding of numerous family privacy management challenges and to the way CPM can guide inquiry (e.g., Afifi, 2003; Afifi, Joseph, & Aldeis, 2008; Afifi, McManus, Hutchinson, & Baker, 2007; Afifi & Steuber, 2009; Afifi & Steuber, 2010).”
Social Penetration Theory (2015, background): “The risk revelation model (Afifi & Steuber, 2009) proposes that people disclose based on the risk associated with disclosing and willingness to disclose.”
The Space Between Us: A Social-Functional Emotions View of Ambivalent and Indifferent Workplace Relationships (2017, background): “In addition, indifferent ties can be low-risk sounding boards for ideas and for rehearsing the disclosure of secrets to intimate partners (Afifi & Steuber, 2009; Perry-Smith & Mannucci, in press); they can serve a specialized function in a limited context (e.g., a helpful information technology…”
“You Need to Stop Talking About This!”: Verbal Rumination and the Costs of Social Support (2013, background): “In general, when people perceive others as trusting and expect them to respond positively to their disclosure, the benefits of disclosing increase and the costs decrease (Afifi & Steuber, 2009; Petronio, 2002; Wheeless & Grotz, 1977).”