The college transition can challenge students' sense‐making of diversity, race, and
oppression. Yet prevailing neoliberal discourses touting the market value of diversity can …

Chronic pain is a significant and costly public health issue which is affected by political,
organizational, and interpersonal social processes. Although medical pain scholarship has …

Guided by theories of communicative disenfranchisement (TCD) and memorable messages
(ToMM), this study analyzes 60 open-ended survey responses detailing experiences of grief …

In this essay, we set forth the theory of communicative (dis) enfranchisement (TCD). The
TCD is useful for exploring the ramifications of the hegemonic ideologies which constrain …

The purpose of this study was to apply interdependence theory to understand the power
dynamics in families affected by parental alienation. We hypothesized that the power …

The onset of autoimmune disease (AD) in emerging adulthood is a disruptive illness
experience that is difficult to make sense of. Compounded by hegemonic ideologies …

Purpose Camouflaging, or the use of strategies by autistic people to minimize the visibility of
their autistic traits in social situations, is associated with stress, autistic burnout, depression …

Extending prior research on the communicative intersections of bondage, domination, and
sadomasochism (BDSM) and disability communities, the present article presents preliminary …

Abstract Background The Ghanaian government has implemented interventions that
integrate traditional medicine (TM) into its national health system in response to the high …

People in recovery for opioid use must navigate their chronic illness and the corresponding
stigma. Despite the prevalence of opioid use in the United States, contradictory …