The act of keeping information concealed, or the feelings associated with concealment or thoughts of a secret
The following variables relate to Secrecy:
| Selection | Variable | Info | Assessment type | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECRET_RECALL | Do you remember what this secret is? | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_MINDWANDER | Think about your day and all the times when you were NOT with the person or people you are hiding this secret from, BUT you found yourself spontaneously thinking about your secret. How many times today did you find yourself thinking about your secret? Take your best guess and ONLY enter a NUMBER. | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_MINDWANDERTIME | If you had to guess, how much time would you say you spent spontaneously thinking about the secret when NOT with the person or people you are hiding the secret from? Please give your indication in minutes. For example, if you think you spent roughly 2 minutes thinking about the secret you would write 2. If you think you spent an hour and a half thinking about your secret you would write 90. | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONCEAL | Think about your day and all the times when you WERE WITH the person or people you are hiding this secret from. How many times today did you have to prevent yourself from revealing the secret (i.e., had to hold back the secret and not reveal it) while interacting with someone else? Take your best guess and ONLY enter a NUMBER. | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONCEALTIME | If you had to guess, how much time would you say you spent preventing yourself from revealing the secret while you WERE WITH the person or people you are hiding this secret from? Please give your indication in minutes. For example, if you think you spent roughly 2 minutes concealing the secret you would write 2. If you think you spent an hour and a half concealing the secret you would write 90. | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_TIMESPENT | How much time did you spend today with the person or people you are hiding this secret from? | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONTROL | How much control do you feel you have over this secret? | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONFIDENEW | Today, did you confide this secret to anybody who you hadn’t told before? | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONFIDENEWNUMBER | How many people did you confide your secret in who you hadn't told before? (please ONLY enter a NUMBER) | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONFIDENEWCLOSE | How close are you to the person or people you confided your secret in who you hadn't told before? | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONFIDENEWWHO | Who did you confide your secret in who you hadn't told before? (select all that apply) | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONFIDENEWWHOTEXT | Text entry for Other (please specify) in secret_confidenew_ta | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONFIDEOLD | Today, did you talk about this secret with anybody who already knows the secret? | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONFIDEOLDNUMBER | How many of people did you talk to about the secret who already knew? (please ONLY enter a NUMBER) | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONFIDEOLDCLOSE | How close are you to the person or people you talked to about the secret who already knew? | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONFIDEOLDWHO | Who did you talk to about the secret who already knew? (select all that apply) | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONFIDEOLDWHOTEXT | Text entry for Other (please specify) in secret_confideold_ta | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_KNOW | Does this person know about the secret? | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| WB_1 | Today, this secret felt like it: | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| WB_2 | Today, this secret felt like it: | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| WB_3 | Today, this secret: | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SAD | Sad | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| NERV | Nervous | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| ANG | Angry | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| STR | Stressed | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| GUIL | Guilty | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SHAM | Ashamed | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| LONE | Lonely | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| CONT | Contented | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| HAP | Happy | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| RLX | Relaxed | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| EFFORT | How much did you try to influence your emotions about the secret today? | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| REAP | I changed my perspective or the way I was thinking about my emotions | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| RUM | I ruminated or dwelled on my emotions | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| DIST | I distracted myself from my emotions | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SITMOD | I took steps to change the situation | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SOCSHR | I talked to others about my emotions | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| ACPT | I accepted my emotions as they are | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| SUPR | I suppressed the outward expression of my emotions | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_1 | Hurt another person (for example, emotionally or physically hurt someone), and kept this secret from someone else | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_2 | Used illegal drugs, OR abused / addicted to a legal drug (e.g., alcohol, painkillers) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_3 | Had a habit or addiction (but NOT involving drugs) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_4 | Stolen something from someone or some place | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_5 | Engaged in something illegal (other than drugs or stealing) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_6 | Physically harmed yourself | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_7 | Had an abortion | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_8 | Had a traumatic experience (other than the above) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_9 | Have lied to someone | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_10 | Violated someone's trust (but NOT by a lie) for example, by snooping, revealing information about someone, breaking or losing something that belongs to someone without telling them, etc) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_11 | Had romantic desires about someone (while being single) for example, a crush, in love with someone, wanting relations with a specific person | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_12 | Unhappy in a romantic relationship | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_13 | Thought about having relations with another person (while already in a relationship) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_14 | Committed emotional infidelity (NOT involving actual sexual infidelity) for example, having an inappropriate emotional connection with someone, or engaging in something other than sex, such as flirting, kissing, etc | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_15 | Committed sexual infidelity (engaged in sexual relations with someone who was not your partner) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_16 | At some point was in a relationship with someone who themselves actually had a partner (that is, the person was cheating on their partner -- with you) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_17 | Dislike a friend, or unhappy with current social life | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_18 | Dissatisfied with something physical about yourself | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_19 | Had mental health issues, or dissatisfied with something about yourself other than physical appearance (for example, fears, anxieties, depression, mental disorders, eating disorders) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_20 | Cheated or did something improper at work (or school), or having lied to get a job (or into a school) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_21 | Performing poorly at work (or school) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_22 | Dissatisfied with your situation at work (or school) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_23 | Planning to propose marriage | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_24 | Planning a surprise for someone (other than a marriage proposal) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_25 | Have you ever hidden a hobby or possession? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_26 | Have you ever hidden a current relationship, or kept a past relationship secret? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_27 | Have you ever kept a detail about your family secret? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_28 | Have you ever been pregnant and didn't tell some people? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_29 | Have you ever concealed your sexual orientation / gender identity? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_30 | Sexual behavior that you keep secret? (other than sexual orientation, for example, porn, masturbation, fantasies, unusual sexual behavior, etc.) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_31 | Kept secret a lack of having sex? (i.e., that you are not, or were not, having sex at some point) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_32 | Kept secret a preference for something? (for example, not liking something that people think you like, or liking something people do not know you like) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_33 | Kept a belief secret? (for example, political views, religious views, views about social groups, prejudice) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_34 | Keep secret details about finances (or amount of money you have)? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_35 | Kept secret a job or employment that you have (or school activity)? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_36 | Kept a secret ambition, secret plan, or secret goal for yourself? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_37 | A secret unusual behavior (unrelated to any of the above categories, in this section and the earlier section)? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| CSQ_38 | A specific story you keep a secret (unrelated to any of the other categories, this section and the above section)? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_PEOPLE | How many people are you keeping this secret from? Please ONLY enter a NUMBER. If you are keeping this secret from everyone in your life, please write 99. | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_TARGET | Who are you keeping this secret from? (select all that apply) | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_TARGETTEXT | Text entry for Other (please specify) in secret_target | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_REVEAL | Do you plan to reveal this secret at some point in the future? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_FEEL | How do you feel about this secret? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONTROL | How much control do you feel you have over this secret? | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_MINDWANDER | Think about the PAST WEEK and all the times when you were NOT with the person or people you are hiding this secret from, BUT you found yourself spontaneously thinking about your secret.How many times in the past 7 days did you find yourself thinking about your secret?Take your best guess and ONLY enter a NUMBER. | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONCEAL | Think about the PAST WEEK and all the times when you WERE WITH the person or people you are hiding this secret from. How many times in the past 7 days did you have to prevent yourself from revealing the secret (i.e., had to hold back the secret and not reveal it) while interacting with someone else? Take your best guess and ONLY enter a NUMBER. | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_RECALL | Do you remember what this secret is? | Follow_up | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_PEOPLE | How many people are you keeping this secret from? Please ONLY enter a NUMBER. If you are keeping this secret from everyone in your life, please write 99. | Follow_up | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_TARGET | Who are you keeping this secret from? (select all that apply) | Follow_up | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_TARGETTEXT | Text entry for Other (please specify) in secret_target | Follow_up | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_REVEAL | Do you plan to reveal this secret at some point in the future? | Follow_up | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_FEEL | How do you feel about this secret? | Follow_up | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONTROL | How much control do you feel you have over this secret? | Follow_up | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_MINDWANDER | Think about the PAST WEEK and all the times when you were NOT with the person or people you are hiding this secret from, BUT you found yourself spontaneously thinking about your secret.How many times in the past 7 days did you find yourself thinking about your secret?Take your best guess and ONLY enter a NUMBER. | Follow_up | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_CONCEAL | Think about the PAST WEEK and all the times when you WERE WITH the person or people you are hiding this secret from. How many times in the past 7 days did you have to prevent yourself from revealing the secret (i.e., had to hold back the secret and not reveal it) while interacting with someone else? Take your best guess and ONLY enter a NUMBER. | Follow_up | Secrecy diary | |
| SECRET_SIGNIFICANCE | How significant is this secret? | Baseline | Secrecy diary |
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