Ergenin anne-baba ve yakın arkadaşı ile bilgi paylaşma ve sır saklama davranışı ile psikolojik esenlik hali: Değişken ve birey odaklı inceleme

The present study examined adolescents' disclosure and secrecy behaviors in their close relationships and their psychological well-being (life satisfaction, problem-solving confidence, and (lower) trait anxiety). In a sample of 1232 adolescents (ages 11-19 years; 60.1 % girls), disclosure and secrecy across three relationship contexts were examined by variable- and person-centered approaches. With a variable-centered approach, the study examined the links between disclosure to and secrecy from mother, father, and best friend and psychological well-being using structural equational modeling (SEM) analysis. Results of SEM showed that higher disclosure and lower secrecy levels were related to higher psychological well-being. More specifically, variable-centered analysis results showed that higher disclosure and lower secrecy in relationship with father predicted better psychological well-being. Disclosure to and secrecy from mother were not found as much effective as the father in the model. Results did not support the relation between secrecy from best friend and well-being but high disclosure to best friend predicted higher well-being. With a person-centered approach, the study investigated adolescents' disclosure and secrecy behaviors in their relationships with their mother, father, and best friend through clusters. Cluster analysis yielded patterns in which adolescents share information with or keep secret from their parents which differ in levels of psychological well-being. The best friend-adolescent cluster was found to be significantly related to psychological well-being but the relation was weaker as compared to other clusters' relationship with psychological well-being indices. Findings are discussed by synthesizing the information yielded by variable- and person-centered analyses. Keywords: disclosure, secrecy, parents, friendship, adolescent psychological well-being, person-centered analysis, variable-centered analysis