Sandra Petronio

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Sandra Petronio is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Petronio has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Social Psychology, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sandra Petronio's work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (15 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (12 papers) and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (8 papers). Sandra Petronio is often cited by papers focused on Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (15 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (12 papers) and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (8 papers). Sandra Petronio collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Vietnam. Sandra Petronio's co-authors include Jeffrey T. Child, Paul R. Helft, Alexia M. Torke, Valerian J. Derlega, Kathryn Greene, Gust A. Yep, Judith N. Martin, Michael L. Hecht, Patricia Noller and Judy C. Pearson and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Computers in Human Behavior and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Petronio

58 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Boundaries of Privacy: Dialectics of Disclosure

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Petronio United States	31	2.0k	1.4k	913	637	635	58	3.8k
Walter J. Lonner United States	17	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	898 1.0×	455 0.7×	469 0.7×	54	4.0k
John R. Suler United States	19	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	895 1.0×	379 0.6×	891 1.4×	51	4.4k
Walid A. Afifi United States	35	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	590 0.9×	290 0.5×	69	3.8k
Fanny M. Cheung Hong Kong	36	1.3k 0.7×	2.4k 1.7×	2.0k 2.1×	529 0.8×	345 0.5×	121	5.1k
Arjan E. R. Bos Netherlands	37	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	267 0.4×	120	5.0k
Stephen A. Rains United States	35	2.8k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	416 0.5×	785 1.2×	1.7k 2.7×	124	5.1k
Valerian J. Derlega United States	40	2.1k 1.0×	2.6k 1.9×	1.3k 1.4×	768 1.2×	250 0.4×	119	5.0k
Michael L. Hecht United States	42	1.9k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	764 1.2×	143	5.3k
Sandi W. Smith United States	32	1.3k 0.7×	769 0.6×	755 0.8×	533 0.8×	323 0.5×	116	3.3k
Anise M. S. Wu Macao	38	2.4k 1.2×	856 0.6×	2.0k 2.2×	435 0.7×	386 0.6×	208	4.8k

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Petronio, Sandra, et al.. (2020). “Starting that Conversation Is Even Harder than Having It”: Female Patients’ Perceptions of Physicians’ Communication Competence in Communication about Sexual Behavior. Journal of Health Communication. 25(11). 917–924. 7 indexed citations

Child, Jeffrey T., et al.. (2015). Young Adults’ Management of Privacy on Facebook with Multiple Generations of Family Members. Journal of Family Communication. 15(4). 349–367. 18 indexed citations

Bute, Jennifer J., Sandra Petronio, & Alexia M. Torke. (2014). Surrogate Decision Makers and Proxy Ownership: Challenges of Privacy Management in Health Care Decision Making. Health Communication. 30(8). 799–809. 22 indexed citations

Petronio, Sandra, Paul R. Helft, & Jeffrey T. Child. (2013). A Case of Error Disclosure: A Communication Privacy Management Analysis. Journal of public health research. 2(3). e30–e30. 6 indexed citations

Petronio, Sandra, et al.. (2013). Disclosing Medical Mistakes: A Communication Management Plan for Physicians. The Permanente Journal. 17(2). 73–79. 18 indexed citations

Petronio, Sandra, et al.. (2012). Navigating Ethics of Physician-Patient Confidentiality: A Communication Privacy Management Analysis. The Permanente Journal. 16(4). 41–45. 17 indexed citations

Torke, Alexia M., Greg A. Sachs, Paul R. Helft, et al.. (2011). Timing of Do‐Not‐Resuscitate Orders for Hospitalized Older Adults Who Require a Surrogate Decision‐Maker. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 59(7). 1326–1331. 30 indexed citations

Petronio, Sandra, et al.. (2011). Disclosure Predicaments Arising During the Course of Patient Care: Nurses' Privacy Management. Health Communication. 26(3). 255–266. 33 indexed citations

Child, Jeffrey T., et al.. (2011). Blog scrubbing: Exploring triggers that change privacy rules. Computers in Human Behavior. 27(5). 2017–2027. 58 indexed citations

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Torke, Alexia M., Sandra Petronio, Greg A. Sachs, Paul R. Helft, & Christianna Purnell. (2011). A conceptual model of the role of communication in surrogate decision making for hospitalized adults. Patient Education and Counseling. 87(1). 54–61. 30 indexed citations

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Petronio, Sandra. (2007). JACRCommentaries on Translating Research into Practice: Introduction. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 35(3). 215–217. 16 indexed citations

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Helft, Paul R. & Sandra Petronio. (2007). Communication Pitfalls with Cancer Patients: “Hit-and-Run” Deliveries of Bad News. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 205(6). 807–811. 32 indexed citations

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Caughlin, John P. & Sandra Petronio. (2004). Privacy in families.. 35 indexed citations

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Petronio, Sandra. (2000). The boundaries of privacy: Praxis of everyday life.. 77 indexed citations

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Petronio, Sandra. (1994). Editor's introduction: Special issue on the dialogue of evidence. Western Journal of Communication. 58(1). 1–2. 5 indexed citations

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Petronio, Sandra & Lisa Bradford. (1993). Issues interfering with the use of written communication as a means of relational bonding between absentee, divorced fathers and their children. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 21(2). 163–175. 5 indexed citations

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Petronio, Sandra & Dawn O. Braithwaite. (1993). The contributions and challenges of family communication to the field of communication. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 21(1). 103–110. 4 indexed citations

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Petronio, Sandra. (1991). Communication Boundary Management: A Theoretical Model of Managing Disclosure of Private Information Between Marital Couples. Communication Theory. 1(4). 311–335. 376 indexed citations

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Petronio, Sandra & Judith N. Martin. (1986). Ramifications of revealing private information: A gender gap. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 42(3). 499–506. 58 indexed citations

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Petronio, Sandra & Thomas Endres. (1985). Dating and the Single-Parent:. Journal of Divorce. 9(2). 83–105. 4 indexed citations

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