The process of hiding feelings, thoughts, or information from others
The following variables relate to Concealment:
Selection | Variable | Info | Assessment type | Dataset |
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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_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_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_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_REVEAL | Do you plan to reveal this secret at some point in the future? | 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 |
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