Disclosure Processes in Children and Adolescents (Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development)

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.