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Keeping Emotional Memories Secret

Health and Subjective Well-being when Emotions are not Shared

Catrin Finkenauer

Research Unit for Clinical and Social Psychology, University of Louvain at Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Bernard Rimé

Research Unit for Clinical and Social Psychology, University of Louvain at Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

The present study investigated two predictions derived from inhibition theory. It was hypothesized that emotional secrecy has a negative impact on (1) physical and (2) subjective well-being. Also, the study examined whether the relation holds when controlling for negative affectivity (NA), a variable that can be assumed to mediate the relation between emotional secrecy and physical and subjective well-being. Consistent with the hypothesis, emotional secrecy negatively affected physical health. This finding was not explained by NA, which contributed independently to physical health. Contrary to the prediction, emotional secrecy affected life satisfaction but indirectly through the mediating influence of physical health. The implications of these results for future research on emotional secrecy and physical and subjective well-being are discussed.

Key Words: emotional secrecy • negative affectivity • physical and subjective well-being

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 3, No. 1, 47-58 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/135910539800300104
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