Is Keeping Secrets from Friends Associated with Adolescent Depression and Behavior Problems?

B Bridges - 2012 - scholarworks.uno.edu
Secrecy is a growing topic of interest in research, but little research has been done on
adolescents keeping secrets from their friends. The purpose of this study was to find out if …

Secrets from friends and parents: Longitudinal links with depression and antisocial behavior

RD Laird, BJ Bridges, MA Marsee - Journal of Adolescence, 2013 - Elsevier
Keeping secrets from parents is associated with depression and antisocial behavior. The
current study tested whether keeping secrets from best friends is similarly linked to …

The secrets that you keep: Secrets and relationship quality

CG Davis, N Tabri - Personal Relationships, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Research indicates that preoccupation with secrets takes a toll on mental health. There is
also some evidence to suggest that keeping secrets from one's romantic partner may harm …

Longitudinal associations between keeping a secret and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence

T Frijns, C Finkenauer - International Journal of Behavioral …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Increasing bodies of evidence suggest that keeping secrets may be detrimental to well-
being and adjustment, whereas confiding secrets may alleviate the detriments of secrecy …

Keeping secrets from parents: Longitudinal associations of secrecy in adolescence

T Frijns, C Finkenauer, AA Vermulst… - Journal of Youth and …, 2005 - Springer
A 2-wave survey study among 1173 10–14-year-olds tested the longitudinal contribution of
secrecy from parents to psychosocial and behavioral problems in adolescence. Additionally …

Shared secrets versus secrets kept private are linked to better adolescent adjustment

T Frijns, C Finkenauer, L Keijsers - Journal of adolescence, 2013 - Elsevier
It is a household notion that secrecy is bad while sharing is good. But what about shared
secrets? The present research adopts a functional analysis of sharing secrets, arguing that it …

A longitudinal examination of the relation between lie-telling, secrecy, parent–child relationship quality, and depressive symptoms in late-childhood and adolescence

VW Dykstra, T Willoughby, AD Evans - Journal of youth and adolescence, 2020 - Springer
Lie-telling and secret-keeping are common behaviors during adolescence. Given the
importance of honesty for building trust in positive relationships, the present study examined …

Journal of Adolescence: shared secrets versus secrets kept private are linked to better adolescent adjustment

T Frijns, C Finkenauer, L Keijsers - Youth Studies Australia, 2013 - go.gale.com
In this large-sample study (790 students) from the Netherlands, 14-to 19-year-olds were
surveyed about the benefits or otherwise of keeping secrets. The researchers proposed that …

Keeping secrets from friends: Exploring the effects of friendship quality, loneliness and self-esteem on secrecy

P Corsano, A Musetti, L Caricati, B Magnani - Journal of adolescence, 2017 - Elsevier
The tendency to keep secrets in adolescents has been studied in particular in their
relationships with their parents and associated with psychosocial disadvantages. The …

Keeping secrets from parents: Daily variations among poor, urban adolescents

JG Smetana, M Villalobos, RD Rogge… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Daily variations in secrecy with mothers and fathers were examined in 108 poor, urban,
diverse middle adolescents (M= 15.16 years, SD= 0.89). Adolescents completed online …