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AbstractDespite being an inherently interpersonal phenomenon, secrecy has rarely been studied within specific relationships. This study examines how the secret‐keeper's relationship with the target relates to concealment among undergraduates (n = 292) and MTurk workers (n = 249). Participants rated keeping a personal secret as more detrimental to well‐being when it involved greater concealment difficulty, rumination, and negative affect. For MTurk workers, this burden was compounded when the information was directly relevant to the target. Across both samples, participants in higher quality relationships kept their secrets to avoid shame or relationship damage and perceived less distance from the target. These results demonstrate that the motivations for and consequences of keeping secrets vary with the specific relationships in which they are kept.

How do individual differences interact with situational factors to shape social behavior? Are people with certain traits more likely to form lasting marriages; experience test-taking anxiety; break the law; feel optimistic about the future? This handbook provides a comprehensive, authoritative examination of the full range of personality variables associated with interpersonal judgment, behavior, and emotion. The contributors are acknowledged experts who have conducted influential research on the constructs they address. Chapters discuss how each personality attribute is conceptualized and ass

This experiment examined whether information about a woman's body weight moderates the effects of information about her exercise habits on ratings of her personality and physical appearance. In a 3 (target's exercise status) × 3 (target's body weight) factorial
design, participants (N = 164) read a description of a young woman described as an exerciser, nonexerciser, or control and who was underweight, average weight, or overweight. They then rated her on various personality and physical-attractiveness dimensions. For the personality ratings,
the nonexerciser was rated less favorably than were exerciser and control targets, regardless of her body weight. For the appearance ratings, body weight moderated the effects of exercise habit information such that being underweight countered negative stereotypes associated with being a nonexerciser
and being an exerciser countered negative stereotypes associated with being overweight.