When secrets come to mind: Preoccupation, suppression and engagement

IF 2.8 2区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Christopher G. Davis, George P. Wright, Cassandra McMillan
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When secrets come to mind, do people try to suppress them or do they engage with them? Whereas earlier research suggested that people try to suppress secrets, recent work suggests that people often engage with their secrets. Although thought suppression tends to be associated with greater distress, engagement may be ameliorative. In two longitudinal studies of 653 adults (55% women; Mage = 41.3, SD = 12.4) keeping a secret from their partner, we show that engagement with and suppression of secrets are highly positively related. Like suppression, the more people engage with secrets, the more negative affect and guilt they report feeling. Longitudinal analyses indicate that whereas changes over time in engagement and suppression both predicted reduced secret preoccupation, reductions in suppression (but not engagement) mediated reductions in guilt and negative affect. These results indicate that suppression and engagement are more intimately connected than previously thought. We found no evidence that engagement was ameliorative.

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当秘密涌上心头先入为主、压制和参与
当秘密涌上心头时,人们是试图压制它们,还是与它们打交道?早期的研究表明,人们会试图压制秘密,而最近的研究表明,人们通常会与秘密打交道。虽然思想压抑往往会带来更大的痛苦,但参与可能会有所改善。我们对 653 名成年人(55% 为女性;平均年龄 = 41.3 岁,最小年龄 = 12.4 岁)进行了两项纵向研究,研究结果表明,对伴侣保守秘密的参与和对秘密的压制是高度正相关的。与压制秘密一样,人们越多地接触秘密,他们所报告的负面情绪和负罪感就越多。纵向分析表明,随着时间的推移,参与度和压抑度的变化都预示着对秘密的专注程度会降低,而压抑度的降低(而不是参与度的降低)则会促进内疚感和负面情绪的降低。这些结果表明,压抑和参与之间的联系比以前认为的更为密切。我们没有发现任何证据表明参与具有改善作用。
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7.70%
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期刊介绍: Topics covered include, among others, intergroup relations, group processes, social cognition, attitudes, social influence and persuasion, self and identity, verbal and nonverbal communication, language and thought, affect and emotion, embodied and situated cognition and individual differences of social-psychological relevance. Together with original research articles, the European Journal of Social Psychology"s innovative and inclusive style is reflected in the variety of articles published: Research Article: Original articles that provide a significant contribution to the understanding of social phenomena, up to a maximum of 12,000 words in length.
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