Putative secrets

When information is supposedly a secret

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2922040
AutoresJohn P Caughlin (0000-0003-2768-4839, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, autor de correspondencia), Allison M Scott (0000-0002-4806-7912, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Laura E Miller (0000-0002-6868-6710, University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Veronica Hefner (0000-0002-7228-137X, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Año2009
Volumen26
Número5
Páginas713-743
Fecha de publicación2009-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407509347928
OpenAlexW2008064100
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas43

Secrets are common within relationships. Sometimes, unbeknownst to a secret keeper, a relational partner learns a secret but allows the keeper to believe that the secret is still unknown. This article summarizes two investigations of such instances, which we call putative secrets. Study 1 (N = 207) provided a descriptive base of putative secret topics, means by which secrets are kept, and perceived reasons for keeping secrets. Study 2 (N = 383) found that the relational impact of putative secrets depended on the secret topic, individuals' perceptions of the topic, the ways the secret was kept, and the perceived reasons for keeping the secret. There were also theoretically interesting interactions among the reasons for keeping the secret

Computer security · Intellectual property · Internet privacy · Perception · Trade secret · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Cognitive and psychological constructs research · Computer Science · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology