{"id":291,"date":"2019-06-14T15:12:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T15:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.telfer.uottawa.ca\/mentalhealth\/?p=291"},"modified":"2019-06-14T15:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T15:18:22","slug":"preliminary-phase-1-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.telfer.uottawa.ca\/mentalhealth\/2019\/06\/14\/preliminary-phase-1-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Preliminary Phase 1 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On May 31, 2019, we shared preliminary Phase 1 interview findings at the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/eawop2019.org\/program\/program-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">19th European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology annual congress<\/a><\/em>. The title of our presentation was &#8220;An Exploration of Why and How Employees Disclose Having a Mental Illness.&#8221; Here are a few take-aways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The reasons <strong>why<\/strong> people decide to disclose and conceal are more nuanced than what previous research has suggested. Some reasons have to do with individuals&#8217; <strong>personal motives<\/strong> (needs or goals), while others have to do with <strong>circumstantial factors<\/strong> largely outside of the individuals&#8217; control that increase the likelihood of disclosing or concealing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Examples of <strong>personal motives for disclosing<\/strong> include managing others&#8217; perceptions, justifying a request for accommodation, nurturing relationships with valued others, and being more authentic.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Examples of <strong>circumstantial factors eliciting disclosure<\/strong> include visible manifestations of one&#8217;s mental illness, someone inquiring into one&#8217;s well-being, cues provided by another person that he\/she would be open to (comfortable) discussing mental illness.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Examples of <strong>personal motives for concealing<\/strong> include self-protection from others, not wanting to burden others, and avoiding a constant focus on one&#8217;s mental health.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Examples of <strong>circumstantial factors eliciting concealment<\/strong> include cues that others would be judgmental or even punitive if they knew about one&#8217;s mental illness, cues that others would not be inclined to (or know how to) be supportive, the person to whom one could disclose actually contributed to one&#8217;s mental illness (such as an abusive manager or coworker), and an absence of close relationships at work.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>People can <strong>disclose in various ways<\/strong>, from subtle signalling (&#8220;I have rough days&#8221;) to more explicit revelations, such as sharing one&#8217;s medical diagnosis and\/or saying that one is taking antidepressants.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Similarly, people can <strong>conceal in various ways<\/strong>, such as remaining vague (&#8220;I&#8217;m feeling sick&#8221;), faking symptoms of physical illness (like exaggerated coughing), and deflecting a conversation on mental illness.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A copy of the presentation slides can be found using the following link: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.telfer.uottawa.ca\/mentalhealth\/files\/2019\/06\/The-How-and-Why-of-Disclosure-and-Concealment.pdf\">The How and Why of Disclosure and Concealment<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 31, 2019, we shared preliminary Phase 1 interview findings at the 19th European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology annual congress. 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