Social and Cognitive Factors Associated With Children's Secret‐Keeping for a Parent

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dc.contributor.authorGordon, H. M., Lyon, T. D., & Lee, K.
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-26T17:02:17Z
dc.date.available2015-01-26T17:02:17Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis study examined children’s secret-keeping for a parent and its relation to trust, theory of mind, secrecy endorsement, and executive functioning (EF). Children (N=107) between 4 and 12 years of age participated in a procedure wherein parents broke a toy and asked children to promise secrecy. Responses to open-ended and direct questions were examined. Overall, secret-keeping increased with age and promising to keep the secret was related to fewer disclosures in open-ended questioning. Children who kept the secret in direct questioning exhibited greater trust and better parental ratings of EF than children who disclosed the secret. Findings highlight the importance of both social and cognitive factors in secret-keeping development. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationGordon, H. M., Lyon, T. D., & Lee, K. (2014). Social and Cognitive Factors Associated With Children's Secret‐Keeping for a Parent. Child development, 85(6), 2374-2388.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1119&context=thomaslyon
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2104
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherChild Developmenten_US
dc.subjectdisclosureen_US
dc.subjectsecretsen_US
dc.subjectchildrenen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleSocial and Cognitive Factors Associated With Children's Secret‐Keeping for a Parenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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