Factors promoting greater preoccupation with a secret.

摘要: The secrets that are most taxing to one's health and well-being those the preoccupying secret-keeper. However, it is currently unclear what makes a secret preoccupying. We conducted four-wave longitudinal study assess four factors should contribute degree of preoccupation with kept from spouse/romantic partner: perceived cost revealing secret, frequency cues, fear discovery, individual differences in self-concealment. Multilevel modelling data an online sample 143 adults (51% women, 49% men; Mage  = 39.9, SD = 9.3) keeping their spouse/partner indicated all independently positively predict greater secret. Further, first three also significantly predicted how preoccupied one would be two weeks later, taking into account was at present. conclude characteristics as well secret-keeper, can individual.