Internalizing the closet: Concealment heightens the cognitive distinction between public and private selves

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 695-715

  Sedlovskaya, Alexandra ^a,d   Purdie Vaughns, Valerie ^b   Eibach, Richard P ^c   LaFrance, Marianne ^a   Romero Canyas, Rainer ^b   Camp, Nicholas P ^b,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concealable stigma; Gay men; Self schema; Self suppression; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENTIALITY; CUES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880996309     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031179     Document Type: Article

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