Uncertainty, Information Management, and Disclosure Decisions: Theories and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780415965156 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 432 str.

Tamara Afifi;Walid Afifi

Opis

This volume integrates scholarly work on disclosure and uncertainty with the most up-to-date, cutting edge research, theories, and applications. Uncertainty is an ever-present part of human relationships, and the ways in which people reduce and/or manage uncertainty involves regulating their communication with others through revealing and concealing information. This collection is devoted to collating knowledge in these areas, advancing theory and presenting work that is socially meaningful. This work includes contributions from renowned scholars in interpersonal uncertainty and information regulation, focusing on processes that bridge boundaries within and across disciplines, while maintaining emphasis on interpersonal contexts. Disciplines represented here include interpersonal, family, and health communication, as well as relational and social psychology. Key features of the volume include:

• comprehensive coverage integrating the latest research on disclosure, information seeking, and uncertainty
• a highly theoretical content, socially meaningful in nature (applied to real-world contexts)
• an interdisciplinary approach that crosses sub-fields within communication.

This volume is a unique and timely resource for advanced study in interpersonal, health, or family communication. With its emphasis on theory, the book is an excellent resource for graduate courses addressing theory and/or theory construction, and it will also appeal to scholars interested in applied research.

This volume provides an in-depth exploration of two key processes in communication research : uncertainty and information regulation. These topics have been an integral part of communication research for many years, and have experienced an explosion of scholarly attention in the past decade. The processes are central to several disciplines (e.g., communication, psychology) and sub-disciplines (e.g., health psychology & communication, family communication, interpersonal communication, risk communication & terrorism), but still focus specifically on interpersonal relationships. Published work has been scattered throughout journals and book chapters. This volume will be the first collection to provide both breadth and depth on the theories and applied research in these areas, and it promises to be a widely used resource that advances knowledge and contributes to continued growth in understanding these important processes. Contributors include the best-known scholars working in communication studies, many of them senior academics, and the volume promises to be an exceptional collection of theory and research on an increasingly important area of communication study. Its breadth of coverage makes it stand out in the marketplace.

Spis treści

Introduction: Tammy & Walid Afifi, UC Santa Barbara PART I: UNCERTAINTY Conceptualizations of Uncertainty and Information Management Chapter 1: Generally Unseen Challenges in Uncertainty Management: An Application of Problematic Integration Theory Austin S. Babrow, Ohio University Marianne S. Matthias, Butler University Chapter 2: Reclaiming Uncertainty: The Formation of New Meanings Leslie A. Baxter, University of Iowa Dawn O. Braithwaite, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chapter 3: The Theory of Communication and Uncertainty Management: Implications from the Wider Realm of Information Behavior Timothy P. Hogan, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Dale E. Brashers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chapter 4: Information Seeking and Interpersonal Outcomes Using the Internet Artemio Ramirez, Jr., Arizona State University Joseph B. Walther, Michigan State University Factors Impacting the Association Between Uncertainty and Information Management Chapter 5: Expanding the Role of Emotion in the Theory of Motivated Information Management Walid A. Afifi, University of California-Santa Barbara Chris R. Morse, Bryant University Chapter 6: Relational Uncertainty: Theory and Application Leanne K. Knobloch, University of Illinois Kristen L. Satterlee, University of Illinois Chapter 7: Motivated Cognition in Its Interpersonal Context: Need for Closure and Its Implications for Information Regulation and Social Interaction Mark Dechesne, The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland, College Park Arie W. Kruglanski, University of Maryland, College Park The Nature of Information Seeking in Specific Contexts Chapter 8: Use of the Risk Perception Attitude (RPA) Framework for Understanding Health Information Seeking: The Role of Anxiety, Risk Perception, and Efficacy Beliefs Rajiv N. Rimal, Johns Hopkins University Monique Mitchell Turner, University of Maryland Chapter 9: Managing Uncertainty in Work Interactions Michael W. Kramer, University of Missouri Chapter 10: Information Regulation in Work-Life: Applying the Comprehensive Model of Information Seeking to Organizational Networks J. David Johnson, University of Kentucky PART II: DISCLOSURE DECISIONS Chapter 11: Couples, Communication, and Uncertainty in the Face of Chronic Illness Daena J. Goldsmith, Lewis and Clark College Chapter 12: An Integrated Model of Health Disclosure Decision-Making Kathryn Greene, Rutgers University Chapter 13: Information Uncertainty and Sexual Disclosures in the Era of HIV/AIDS Serena C. Lo, George Washington University María Cecilia Zea, George Washington University Paul J. Poppen, George Washington University Predictors and Consequences of Withholding Information Chapter 14: Why People Conceal or Reveal Secrets: A Multiple Goals Theory Perspective John P. Caughlin, University of Illinois Anita Vangelisti, University of Texas-Austin Chapter 15: Secrecy in Close Relationships: Investigating Its Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Effects Catrin Finkenauer, VU University Amsterdam Kaska E. Kubacka, VU University Amsterdam Rutger C. M. E. Engels, Radboud University Nijmegen Peter Kerkhof, VU UniversityAmsterdam Chapter 16: Conflict avoidance: A functional analysis Michael Roloff, Northwestern University Courtney Wright, University of Tennessee Chapter 17: The Standards for Openness Hypothesis: A Gendered Explanation for Why Avoidance is so Dissatisfying Tamara D. Afifi, University of California-Santa Barbara Andrea Joseph, University of California-Santa Barbara Challenges to Disclosure Chapter 18: Regulating the Privacy of Confidentiality: Grasping the Complexities through Communication Privacy Management Theory Sandra Petronio, IU Center for Bioethics, Indiana School of Medicine, Jennifer Reierson, North Dakota State University Chapter 19: Why Disclosing to a Confidant Can Be So Good (or Bad) for Us Anita Kelly, University of Notre Dame Diane Macready, University of Notre Dame Chapter 20: The Divorce Disclosure Model (DDM): Why Parents Disclose Negative Information about the Divorce to their Children and its Effects Tamara D. Afifi, University of California, Santa Barbara Paul Schrodt, Texas Christian University Tara McManus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

O autorze

Tamara D. Afifi (Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has published over fifty articles and chapters in numerous national and international outlets, and she was the recipient of the Young Scholar Award from the International Communication Association in 2006. Walid A. Afifi (Ph.D., University of Arizona) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is an author of more than 50 articles and chapters, has served as Associate Editor for both the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships and Personal Relationships, and has been active as a member of several editorial boards.