Repression-Sensitization: A Reflection of Test-Taking Set or Personal Adjustment
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 37 (3) , 255-259
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.1973.10119864
Abstract
Lefcourt's (1966) finding that repressors view repression-sensitization (R-S) scales as measures of mental illness, while sensitizers view these scales as revealing honesty with one's self was tested. Thirty-six repressors and 36 sensitizers were assigned to three test-taking conditions: Mental Illness, Openness and Honesty, and Control. Results showed that the three test-taking conditions had no effect on the responding of the repressors and sensitizers to the Millimet (1970) Manifest Anxiety-Defensiveness (MAD) Scale, another measure of R-S. Content analysis revealed that repressors and sensitizers viewed their opposites as maladjusted and adjusted, respectively. The results were seen as supporting a personal adjustment view of R-S.Keywords
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