Abstract
This study analyzes how men who have undergone a vasectomy manage privacy boundary permeability about this family-planning decision. Twenty-four men who had undergone a vasectomy were interviewed. Communication privacy management (Petronio, Citation2002) was used as a theoretical framework to understand how and why disclosures occurred. Results showed varying collective boundary patterns were primary influences in how these men managed privacy boundaries related to their vasectomy and fluctuated based on the recipient of the disclosure. These findings contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the management of private information related to family-planning decisions and outcomes.
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Emily A. Rauscher
Emily A. Rauscher, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University.
Wesley T. Durham
Wesley T. Durham, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Southern Indiana.