Four studies at Columbia found that confiding a secret did not reduce how often people concealed it. What it predicted was social support, a sense of being able to cope, and less private dwelling on the secret.
Four studies at Columbia found that confiding a secret did not reduce how often people concealed it.
What it predicted was social support, a sense of being able to cope, and less private dwelling on the secret.
The post Across more than 10,000 secrets held by over 800 people, confiding one to somebody did not predict concealing it any less.
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Four studies at Columbia found that confiding a secret did not reduce how often people concealed it. What it predicted was social support, a sense of being able to cope, and less private dwelling on the secret. The post Across more than 10,000 secrets held by over 800 people, confiding one to somebody did not predict concealing it any less.
A separate 2024 paper found the burden itself splits into four components.
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