title: Will They or Won't They? Secret Telling in Interpersonal Interactions.
abstract: This study investigated predictors of within-gender secret telling. Eighty-eight participants were exposed to either a "positive" or a "negative" secret about another individual. Just under 20% of participants told the secret. Conscientiousness, secret condition, empathy, and the conscientiousness by secret condition interaction had effects on the rate of secret telling, χ(2) (5,82) = 17.78, p = .003, AIC = 80.60. Conscientiousness had a negative effect on secret telling among participants that told the "negative" secret.
authors.affiliation: a Clemson University.
authors.forename: Robin Marie
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: Chad Alan
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Whittaker
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zaremba
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frazee
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003242:Conscience; D030881:Disclosure; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: conscientiousness; disclosure; empathy; secrets