SELF-CONCEALMENT AND SECRECY: ASSESSMENT AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING - Couverture souple

Wismeijer, Andreas

 
9783838368733: SELF-CONCEALMENT AND SECRECY: ASSESSMENT AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838368738 ISBN 13 : 9783838368733
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Although keeping secrets is a rather common phenomenon people engage in, it has always been surrounded with mystery, and it has inspired writers, poets, and philosophers over the centuries. However, little is know anbout the psychology of secrets. The objectives of the present studies were to get a better insight into secrecy, and how secrecy relates to subjective well-being (SWB). The first empirical part of this research evaluates how secrecy is assessed and a new multidimensional instrument to measure secrecy is proposed. In addition, we studied the possible confounding influence of Neuroticism and Extraversion on the relation between self-concealment (SC) and SWB, followed by an in-depth analysis of the mediating role of emotion regulation in this relation. Finally, we report the findings of a 5-year longitudinal study on how SC and keeping a major secret (KMS) differentially affect SWB. We conclude that more research on the role of SC and KMS should be conducted in clinical practice, and suggestions for further research are given.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Although keeping secrets is a rather common phenomenon people engage in, it has always been surrounded with mystery, and it has inspired writers, poets, and philosophers over the centuries. However, little is know anbout the psychology of secrets. The objectives of the present studies were to get a better insight into secrecy, and how secrecy relates to subjective well-being (SWB). The first empirical part of this research evaluates how secrecy is assessed and a new multidimensional instrument to measure secrecy is proposed. In addition, we studied the possible confounding influence of Neuroticism and Extraversion on the relation between self-concealment (SC) and SWB, followed by an in-depth analysis of the mediating role of emotion regulation in this relation. Finally, we report the findings of a 5-year longitudinal study on how SC and keeping a major secret (KMS) differentially affect SWB. We conclude that more research on the role of SC and KMS should be conducted in clinical practice, and suggestions for further research are given.

Biographie de l'auteur

Andreas Wismeijer (Rotterdam, 1975) studied Clinical Health Psychology at Tilburg University and Medical Psychology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). He currently works at the Department of Clinical Psychology of Tilburg University where he continues his secrecy research.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838368738
ISBN 13 
9783838368733
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
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