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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2011 Jan;37(1):120–135. doi: 10.1177/0146167210390822

Table 1.

The Most Common Negative and Positive Emotional Experiences and Their Covertness (Study 1A)

Experience Proportion in solitary setting (zero in response to [A]) Proportion with emotion effortfully hidden (yes in response to [B]) Proportion not later shared verbally (zero in response to [C])
Negative experiences
 Had fight/argument .06 .33 .33
 Thought about distant friends/family .45 .27 .55
 Thought about enormous workload .33 .33 .38
 Was rejected by boy/girl .22 .56 .33
 Received low grade .19 .56 .42
 Thought about bad personal health habits .75 .13 .38
Positive experiences
 Received high grade .24 .29 .24
 Attended fun party .13 .13 .25
 Participated in athletics .23 .08 .46
 Went out with friends 0 .11 .22
 Talked to distant friends/family .47 .05 .68
 Had great meal 0 .07 .55