Nearly everyone keeps secrets, but only recently have we begun to learn about the secrets people keep in their everyday lives and the experiences people have with their secrets. Early experimental research into secrecy sought to create secrecy situations in the laboratory, but in trying to observe secrecy in real time, these studies conflated secrecy with the act of concealment. In contrast, a new psychology of secrecy recognizes that secrecy is far more than biting our tongues and dodging others’ questions. Our secrets can consume mental space before and after concealment situations, and even the secrets that require no active upkeep can burden the secret keeper. The current article reviews recent insights into the many ways in which our secrets relate to personal and relational well-being and what follows from revealing our secrets.

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新的保密心理学

几乎每个人都保守秘密，但直到最近我们才开始了解人们在日常生活中保守的秘密以及人们对秘密的体验。早期对保密的实验研究试图在实验室中创造保密情况，但在试图实时观察保密时，这些研究将保密与隐瞒行为混为一谈。相比之下，一种新的保密心理学认识到保密远不只是闭嘴和回避别人的问题。我们的秘密在隐藏之前和之后都会消耗精神空间，甚至不需要主动维护的秘密也会给秘密守护者带来负担。本文回顾了我们的秘密与个人和关系福祉相关的多种方式的最新见解，以及泄露我们的秘密会带来什么后果。