Disclosure Processes in Children and Adolescents [Paperback]

Disclosure Processes in Children and Adolescents brings together recent research on this little-tapped field.Modern society in particular forces us to scrutinize the means we use to reveal or hide the substance of our closest thoughts; divorce, AIDS, rape, and child abuse all challenge our perceptions of what should and should not be told. It is only recently that developmental and social psychologists have attempted a systematic analysis of these "disclosure processes"--this volume presents the culmination of this fresh research.Of interest to developmental psychologists, social psychologists, clinical psychologists, social wor kers, education specialists and nurses.Modern society in particular forces us to scrutinize the means we use to reveal or hide the substance of our closest thoughts; divorce, AIDS, rape, and child abuse all challenge our perceptions of what should and should not be told. It is only recently that developmental and social psychologists have attempted a systematic analysis of these "disclosure processes"--this volume presents the culmination of this fresh research.Of interest to developmental psychologists, social psychologists, clinical psychologists, social wor kers, education specialists and nurses.To be known and to know others are essential aspects of social interaction. Disclosing personal information and perceiving it in others are all aspects of an individual's experience. Many problems at the forefront of our times--such as divorce, AIDS, rape, and child abuse--challenge our understanding of what should and should not be told. This timely volume presents the most recent developments in the analysis of disclosure processes. It brings together issues as diverse as loneliness, moral development, family therapy, and child abuse into a substantive whole that will prove an invaluable contribution to the field.List of contributors; 1. Disclosure processes: an introduction Ken J. Rotenburg; 2. Patterns and funlC