Egosystem and Ecosystem Goals

Implications for Concealable Stigma Disclosure

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15411461
AutoresAnthony M Foster (0000-0001-6982-8146, Texas Tech University, autor de correspondencia), Amelia E Talley (0000-0003-2367-0034, Texas Tech University)
Año2020
Volumen20
Número8
Páginas1036-1056
Fecha de publicación2020-08-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSelf and Identity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1529-8868 • E-ISSN: 1529-8876
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15298868.2020.1811141
OpenAlexW3081840571
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas57

Motivational and dispositional antecedents of disclosure can affect a wide range of outcomes among individuals with concealable stigmas. We examine how experimentally manipulated egosystem and ecosystem goals interact with autonomous functioning to predict affective responses following disclosure of a concealable stigma and subsequent future disclosure intentions. Participants primed with ecosystem goals report more positive affect and increased disclosure intentions compared to those primed with egosystem goals, especially if they report lower levels of autonomous functioning. Importantly, the relation between ecosystem goals and increases in future disclosure intentions is mediated, in part, by positive affective responses. These findings are among the first to demonstrate a causal role for ecosystem goals in potentiating improved disclosure experiences among individuals with concealable stigmas

Affect (linguistics · Biology · Developmental psychology · Ecosystem · Self-disclosure · Stigma (botany · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology