Irrespective of type of donation and age of the child at disclosure, most parents reported a feeling of relief after disclosure and did not regret the disclosure decision (Hunter et al., 2000; Lycett et al., 2005; Lalos et al., 2007; Mac Dougall et al., 2007).
Another study of 73 HIV positive women who disclosed their serostatus to partners, family and friends, overall, few participants (less than 10%) experienced a feeling of regret after disclosure.
For instance, study participants described perceptions of stigma resulting from feelings of contamination and fear of disclosure to others, from whom they anticipated rejection, much of which was on the basis of fear of disease transmission [ 67].
One 12-year-old boy (age 10 at the time of disclosure) reacted by feeling upset that his father was sick and suggested the whole family go on a vacation to distract them from thinking about the sad news.
Error-reporting systems generally rely on self-reporting, and avoidance of disclosure caused by feelings of guilt, blame and shame is a major obstacle to the effectiveness of such systems.
[KP (FSW KA 2009 Revisit] While most KPs described more sensitive treatment from government health providers following the transition, some KPs expressed mixed feelings about this, including a fear of disclosure of STI or HIV status.
GPs who reported feeling highly competent were more in favour of disclosure (Items 19, 20 and 24 in Table 3), though not for disclosure using the terms "Alzheimer" or "dementia" (Items 21 and 22 in Table 3).
In the present study feelings of responsibility emerged as a significant predictor of disclosure to both male and female partners while undetectable viral load was not related to disclosure behavior or feelings of responsibility to disclose.
In the pooled model feelings of responsibility to disclose are positively associated with disclosure: net of other individual and partner characteristics each unit increase in feelings of responsibility to disclose increases the odds of disclosure before sex compared to never by a factor of 2.7 (95% CI: 1.80, 4.03).
On the other hand, you got the feeling you'd still struggle to recognise a member of Disclosure in the street, even if said member was wearing a Disclosure T-shirt, playing Disclosure from a Disclosure-branded boombox and shouting, "Oi mate, I'm that bloke out of Disclosure".
