The allure of secret relationships

Bibliographic Data

ID6204586
AuthorsDaniel M Wegner (Virginia Department of Education), Julie D Lane, Sara Dimitri
Year1994
Volume66
Issue2
Pages287-300
Publication date1994-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.66.2.287
OpenAlexW4256518074
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited27

Two surveys and a laboratory experiment examined the role of secrecy in attraction to relationships. In the first survey, respondents reported that past relationships they currently continued to think about were more likely to have been secret than ones they no longer pondered. In the second survey, those respondents who indicated that a past relationship had been secret also reported that it continued to be a target of their obsessive preoccupation. The laboratory experiment explored attraction between mixed-sex couples who were induced to play footsie under a table in the presence of another couple. When this was secret, greater attraction for the partner was reported than when it was not

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