Points out factors that often work against good communication with those who are disabled. (PD)

Examined the relationship between androgyny and self-disclosure (willingness to reveal significant aspects of oneself to others). Rejected hypothesis that androgynous males would self-disclose more intimately than sex-typed males. Discusses: (1) compliance with social norms regarding male disclosure to strangers; and (2) flexibility in the…

With threats of being labeled abnormal or facing rejection, homosexual adolescents are pressured to hide their sexual identities. To provide optimal anticipatory guidance and support, professionals must understand the natural development of sexual attraction and the disclosure concerns and risks for developing homosexual adolescents (e.g., risk…

Provides an overview of some of the ethical issues rehabilitation counselors may face relevant to the disclosure of test data. Discusses maintaining confidentiality of test data, preventing misuse of test data, releasing test data without impairing test security or copyright interests of third parties, and conforming to legal mandates and rules…

Describes a study of the logging and monitoring activities of college and university system administrators, and its recommendations for handling log data. Reviews the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Discusses whether study results are consistent FERPA. Addresses the potential impact of the USA Patriot Act on university…

Examined effects of problem severity, amount of self-disclosure, and self-disclosure flexibility on willingness to seek help for problem. Findings from 101 college students indicated that factors that predicted greatest amount of variance in willingness to seek help were interaction of problem severity with willingness to self-disclose to…

Explored imaginary audience behavior in 112 female college freshmen. Subjects displayed greater degree of imaginary audience behavior than did younger adolescents when compared to scores reported by Elkind and Bowen (1979). Findings support view that freshmen's entry into new social environments results in greater protection of self, return to…

Reports findings from a small-scale survey of organizational practices to limit disclosure of confidential information prior to publishing public use microdata files and illustrates how rules for preserving confidentiality were applied in practice. Discusses Internet data security, statistical disclosure limitation (SDL) methods, and improving…

In response to the growing suicide rate among adolescents and young adults, researchers have noted the importance of peer responses to suicidal disclosures in this population. The most adaptive response is to inform a responsible adult about the suicidal peer, but existing data indicate that most adolescents and young adults choose to talk to the…

Making ethics relevant to students in a business communications course continues to be a challenge. Classroom practitioners have long noted the difficulties in surmounting the contradictions students sense in business ethics instruction. Furthermore, students often perceive ethics to be largely irrelevant to the skills necessary for success in…

This study focuses upon the social experiences of bereaved young men, with particular emphasis on the social costs of bereavement-related personal disclosure. Their experiences of regulating their social behaviour were suggestive of the persistence of "traditional" notions of masculine identity (e.g. hegemonic masculinity). While this…

In the fall of 2007, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) was invited by Philadelphia's School Reform Commission to conduct a Resource Use Analysis for the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) that would in part inform a possible transition to weighted student funding. In April 2008, ERS began the first set of interviews and data gathering…

Good teaching is both powerful and cautious. It is powerful insofar as it creates engaged students. Because an engaged mind is particularly receptive, however, good teaching is also cautious insofar as it provides students with focused guidance through the process of appropriating the learning material. This article reflects critically on…

How have university institutions generally tackled the fight against scientific fraud? We intend to throw light on the very process of public disclosure of scientific fraud, as it has transformed in the last 30 years within the framework of scientific research institutions. By focusing our analysis on the "denunciation process", we intend to refer…

Storytellers know that stories are "formed" in their telling. Stories, whether oral or written, personal or mass communicated, ultimately express the boundaries of their medium (their "embodiment" through mediated forms). Religious Educators must always address the medium as well as the message in any theory of narrative accounting. Media often…