Abstract While information science researchers have for some time examined sharing, non-sharing behaviours have received less attention. This study explored the role and impact of secretive information behaviours in the context of gambling activities and social interactions around harmful gambling. The study followed a qualitative approach, involving in-depth interviews with recovering gamblers and gamblers' families and friends in Ireland. Findings revealed that secretive information behaviours, such as self-concealment, were characteristic of gamblers' and their families' experiences of gambling harm. While self-concealing information behaviours facilitated the gambler's secret participation in gambling, the negative financial and social outcomes had a further serious impact on family members and their coping strategies. Understanding how and why people adopt secretive information behaviours can facilitate positive navigation of information in risky and stressful circumstances. Findings offer a more holistic view of information use, sharing, and decision making, by including negative as well as positive information outcomes in modeling of information behaviour.

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秘密和秘密行为：通过有害赌博探索隐藏的事物

摘要 虽然信息科学研究人员对共享进行了一段时间的研究，但非共享行为受到的关注较少。本研究探讨了秘密信息行为在赌博活动和围绕有害赌博的社交互动中的作用和影响。该研究采用定性方法，包括对爱尔兰康复中的赌徒和赌徒的家人和朋友进行深入访谈。调查结果显示，隐瞒信息的行为，例如自我隐瞒，是赌徒及其家人遭受赌博伤害经历的特征。自我隐瞒信息行为助长了赌徒秘密参与赌博的同时，负面的经济和社会后果对家庭成员及其应对策略产生了进一步的严重影响。了解人们如何以及为何采用保密信息行为可以促进在风险和压力环境中的积极信息导航。通过在信息行为建模中包含消极和积极的信息结果，调查结果提供了对信息使用、共享和决策制定的更全面的看法。