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Abstract
Disclosure and secrecy with mothers and best friends about personal, bad behavior,
and multifaceted (e.g., staying out late) activities were examined using daily diaries
among 102 ethnically diverse, urban middle adolescents (M = 15.18 years, SD = .89).
Adolescents disclosed more and kept fewer secrets from best friends than from mothers
and more frequently disclosed and kept secrets about their personal than their bad
behavior and multifaceted activities. Better daily relationship quality was associated
with more disclosure about personal and multifaceted activities and less secrecy about
bad behaviors for both mothers and best friends. Overall, when mothers solicited information,
adolescents disclosed more but also kept more secrets from them, whereas best friends'
solicitation was mostly associated with more disclosure.