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dc.contributor.authorElsharnouby, E.
dc.contributor.authorGözkan, Ayfer Dost
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-08T11:41:32Z
dc.date.available2020-12-08T11:41:32Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.identifier.issn0047-2891en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10679/7175
dc.identifier.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10964-020-01246-6
dc.description.abstractAdolescents' disclosure and secrecy behaviors have important implications for their well-being. Previous research examined adolescent disclosure and secrecy mostly in one close relationship (i.e., one's mother). What remains to be addressed is the patterns of disclosure and secrecy considering adolescents' other close relationships and the well-being differences between these patterns. Adopting a person-centered approach, the current study examined constellations of disclosure and secrecy in adolescents' relationships with their mother, father and best friends, and the extent to which these patterns differ with respect to life satisfaction, problem-solving confidence, and anxiety. The sample consisted of middle adolescents (N = 1097; M-age = 15.12; range = 14-16; 61.6% female) from nine public schools in Istanbul, Turkey. Analysis conducted for the whole sample showed that best friends were the most frequently disclosed confidants followed by mothers, and secrecy was similar for best friends and mothers. Adolescents were least likely to disclose to their fathers and keep secrets from them more frequently. Comparisons of the five classes identified with latent profile analysis, however, indicated that the class with the best well-being status (highest life satisfaction, problem-solving confidence, and lowest anxiety) consisted of adolescents who disclosed most often to their mothers, seconded by best friends, and kept secrets less often from their parents than their best friends. The class with the lowest well-being status consisted of adolescents who had lowest disclosure and highest secrecy in three close relationships. Overall, findings underscored the usefulness of person-centered analytic approach showing that while best friends were the primary confidents when examined with a variable-centered approach, adolescents with the highest well-being status reported to disclose most often to their mothers. This finding underlines the importance of sharing personal information and being less secretive especially with mothers in adolescence.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTÜBİTAK
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.relationinfo:turkey/grantAgreement/TUBITAK/115K324
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Youth and Adolescence
dc.rightsrestrictedAccess
dc.titleAdolescents’ well-being with respect to the patterns of disclosure to and secrecy from parents and the best friend: A person-centered examinationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.peerreviewedyesen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.contributor.departmentÖzyeğin University
dc.contributor.authorID(ORCID 0000-0002-1587-4371 & YÖK ID 124621) Dost, Ayfer
dc.contributor.ozuauthorGözkan, Ayfer Dost
dc.identifier.volume49en_US
dc.identifier.issue8en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1687en_US
dc.identifier.endpage1701en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000530984200001
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10964-020-01246-6en_US
dc.subject.keywordsDisclosureen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSecrecyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsAdolescent-parent relationshipsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsAdolescent-best friend relationshipen_US
dc.subject.keywordsWell-beingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLatent profile analysisen_US
dc.identifier.scopusSCOPUS:2-s2.0-85084299183
dc.contributor.authorFemale1
dc.relation.publicationcategoryArticle - International Refereed Journal - Institutional Academic Staff


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