Pasupathi Monisha, McLean Kate C, Weeks Trisha
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, 390 S. 1530 E. 502, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
J Pers. 2009 Feb;77(1):89-123. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00539.x. Epub 2008 Dec 9.
Drawing from a narrative identity framework, we present the results of three studies examining the nature of what people do and do not disclose about their life experiences. Across three studies, our findings indicate that (1) the major difference in what people do and do not disclose concerns the emotionality of the events and whether or not the events are transgressions; (2) for everyday memorable events, increased negative emotion is associated with greater likelihood of disclosure; but (3) for more important and/or longer retained events, increased negative and decreased positive emotion were associated with lower likelihoods of disclosure. We also found that socioemotional consequences are an important reason for nondisclosure of important past experiences and are predictably related to the extent to which events induce positive and negative emotions. Findings are considered in terms of their implications for narrative identity.
借鉴叙事身份框架，我们展示了三项研究的结果，这些研究考察了人们对于自身生活经历披露和不披露的内容的本质。在三项研究中，我们的发现表明：（1）人们披露和不披露的内容的主要差异在于事件的情感性以及这些事件是否违规；（2）对于日常难忘事件，负面情绪增加与披露可能性增大相关；但（3）对于更重要和/或保留时间更长的事件，负面情绪增加和正面情绪减少与披露可能性降低相关。我们还发现，社会情感后果是不披露重要过往经历的一个重要原因，并且可预见地与事件引发正面和负面情绪的程度相关。我们从这些发现对叙事身份的影响方面进行了考量。
