Kelly Anita E, Yip Jonathan J
Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
J Pers. 2006 Oct;74(5):1349-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00413.x.
This prospective study explored whether keeping a major secret, self-concealment (i.e., the predisposition to keep secrets), and social support at Time 1 predicted symptomatology levels 9 weeks later (Time 2) among a sample of 86 undergraduates. The results showed that the process of keeping a secret actually predicted fewer symptoms, whereas the personality variable of self-concealment predicted more symptoms at Time 2, even when the analyses controlled for social support. However, the predictive effects of both secret keeping and self-concealment were wiped out when the analyses statistically controlled for initial symptomatology, which was positively linked to self-concealment from the outset. These findings challenge conventional wisdom about the dangers of keeping a major secret and suggest that, instead, the kind of person who is secretive simply might be more vulnerable to symptoms.
这项前瞻性研究探讨了在86名本科生样本中，在时间1保守重大秘密、自我隐瞒（即保守秘密的倾向）和社会支持是否能预测9周后（时间2）的症状水平。结果表明，保守秘密的过程实际上预测的症状较少，而自我隐瞒这一个性变量在时间2预测的症状较多，即使在分析中控制了社会支持也是如此。然而，当分析在统计上控制了初始症状时，保守秘密和自我隐瞒的预测作用都消失了，而初始症状从一开始就与自我隐瞒呈正相关。这些发现挑战了关于保守重大秘密危险性的传统观念，并表明，相反，行事隐秘的人可能更容易出现症状。
