Under the basic framework of self-determination theory, the present study examined a moderated mediation model in which exhibitionism mediated the relationship between online basic psychological need satisfaction and self-disclosure on the mobile Internet, and this mediation effect was moderated by narcissism. A total of 296 Chinese middle school students participated in this research. The resu...

Statistical database protection, also known as Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC), is a part of information security which tries to prevent published statistical information (tables, individual records) from disclosing the contribution of specific respondents. This paper deals with the assessment of the disclosure risk associated to the release of tabular data. So-called sensitivity rules are...

In recent years, the Kenyan Government has initiated reforms at the Nairobi Stock Exchange aimed at transforming the exchange into a vehicle for mobilising domestic savings and attracting foreign capital investments. Consequently, the corporate financial reporting, and in particular, the level of voluntary disclosure is a vital part of the process for building investor confidence (local and for...

Background: APOE genotype provides information on risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but disclosure is discouraged. We examined the impact of APOE disclosure in a prospective randomized controlled trial: the Risk Evaluation and Education for Alzheimer’s Disease (REVEAL) Study. Methods: We randomly assigned 162 asymptomatic adult children of AD patients to Genotype Disclosure (GD) or G...

1. National Statistical Institutes are able to release microdata sets only on the condition that the privacy of respondents is safe and that the event of breach of confidentiality is extremely unlikely. Different institutions adopt different definitions of disclosure, of disclosure risk and use different models to estimate such risk and protect microdata set. In all cases, the aim is the same: ...

INTRODUCTION As adolescents living with HIV gain autonomy over their self-care and begin to engage in sexual relationships, their experiences of being informed about their HIV status and of telling others about their HIV status may affect their ability to cope with having the disease. METHODS In 2010, we conducted a qualitative study among adolescents aged 10-19 living with HIV in Zambia, and...

Protecting numerical confidential data in data released by government agencies and other organizations poses a considerable challenge. There have been many different procedures that have been developed for this purpose. Among these procedures, Data shuffling offers the best compromise between preventing disclosure of information while preserving the usefulness of the data. Specifically Data shu...

BACKGROUND Disclosure of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity by infected women is crucial in HIV control. To determine the rates, patterns, effects, and determinants of disclosure of status among HIV-positive women in Lagos, Nigeria. METHODS This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Simple random sampling method was used to select 364 HIV-positive women accessing care in HIV...

In order to reduce identity theft and consumer loss caused by data breaches, many U.S. states have enacted laws requiring firms to notify individuals when their personal information has been stolen or lost. The effect of these disclosure laws has yet to be rigorously tested, and some claim that they only serve to burden firms and consumers with unnecessary costs. Leveraging the economic analysi...

BACKGROUND CERTAIN MODES OF TRAUMA DISCLOSURE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS (PTS) IN DIFFERENT TRAUMA POPULATIONS: the reluctance to disclose trauma-related thoughts and feelings, a strong urge to talk about it, and physical as well as emotional reactions during disclosure. Although social-contextual influences gain more and more interest in ...