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Associations among solicitation, relationship quality, and adolescents' disclosure and secrecy with mothers and best friends

Myriam Villalobos · Judith G. Smetana · Jessamy Comer

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Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth

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Disclosure and secrecy with mothers and best friends about personal, bad behavior, and multifaceted (e.g., staying out late) activities were examined using daily diaries among 102 ethnically diverse, urban middle adolescents (M = 15.18 years, SD = .89). Adolescents disclosed more and kept fewer secrets from best friends than from mothers and more frequently disclosed and kept secrets about their personal than their bad behavior and multifaceted activities. Better daily relationship quality was associated with more disclosure about personal and multifaceted activities and less secrecy about bad behaviors for both mothers and best friends. Overall, when mothers solicited information, adolescents disclosed more but also kept more secrets from them, whereas best friends' solicitation was mostly associated with more disclosure.

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