Instructor Strategic Ambiguity Measure

Klyukovski, Andrei A.; Medlock-Klyukovski, Amanda L.

doi:10.1037/t58816-000

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“…Ultimately, the SMC model offers a reflection of the decision-making process during stigmatization, helping scholars see how individuals manage stigma communication messages through the use of specific strategies. While the strategies that this article put forth are theoretically well supported (Ashforth & Kreiner, 1999; Benoit, 1995; Goffman, 1963), they remain untested on empirical data sets (see Medlock-Klyukovski, 2014, for an exception). Thus, these SMC strategies may offer a unique insight into survivor and partner communication regarding stigma, but very little empirical testing and application of the model exists currently.…”

Section: Stigma Managementmentioning

confidence: 93%

Emerging Patterns of Stigma Management Communication Strategies Among Burn Survivors and Relational Partners

Noltensmeyer

Meisenbach

2016

American Behavioral Scientist

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Despite recent theorizing on stigma management relevant to interpersonal settings and health communication, few studies have considered how people make sense of and discursively manage stigma in daily interaction. Burn survivors and relational partners present a unique population of potentially stigmatized individuals. Using in-depth interviews from participants across the United States, this study used Meisenbach’s stigma management communication model to explore the stigma management experiences of both burn survivors and relational partners. Results indicated that survivors managed stigma using four patterns of strategies: Accepters, Situational Adopters, Challengers, and Dissembling Challengers. Relational partners employed a distinct fifth pattern of strategies to manage their partner’s burn stigma. Furthermore, survivors made strategic choices about stigma management strategies based on relational and contextual factors, including prior stigma exposure or compounding stigmas. Overall, these findings have implications for the practical management of stigma, advancement of the stigma management communication model, and consideration of the interpersonal context.

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Section: Stigma Managementmentioning

confidence: 93%