TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived advantages and disadvantages of secrets disclosure
AU - Vrij, Aldert
AU - Paterson, Beth
AU - Nunkoosing, Karl
AU - Soukara, Stavroula
AU - Oosterwegel, Annerieke
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - In the present study, 106 college students filled out a questionnaire investigating personality (preferred attachment style), being secretive and perceived advantages and disadvantages of secrets disclosure. The study revealed that participants did not only perceive advantages of secrets disclosure (dominant view in most previous research) but also disadvantages, and that the perception of both advantages and disadvantages were important to predict secrecy. Moreover, the study revealed that secrecy was related to people's preferred attachment style. Being secretive was positively correlated with avoidant and anxious-ambivalent attachment styles.
AB - In the present study, 106 college students filled out a questionnaire investigating personality (preferred attachment style), being secretive and perceived advantages and disadvantages of secrets disclosure. The study revealed that participants did not only perceive advantages of secrets disclosure (dominant view in most previous research) but also disadvantages, and that the perception of both advantages and disadvantages were important to predict secrecy. Moreover, the study revealed that secrecy was related to people's preferred attachment style. Being secretive was positively correlated with avoidant and anxious-ambivalent attachment styles.
KW - Advantages and disadvantages
KW - Attachment style
KW - Secrets keeping
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=30244466630&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00221-0
DO - 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00221-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:30244466630
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 35
SP - 593
EP - 602
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 3
ER -