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Aggression, assertion, and openness to experience: A comparison of men and women
Author(s) -
Wyrick Linda C.,
Gentry W. Doyle,
Shows W. Derek
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197704)33:2<439::aid-jclp2270330222>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - hostility , openness to experience , aggression , psychology , assertion , developmental psychology , social psychology , computer science , programming language
Relationships between measures of social constriction, self‐expression or assertion, aggression/hostility, and openness to experience were investigated in 25 males and 24 females. While a number of significant correlations were noted between these measures for all S s, marked sex differences were found. Social constriction and assertion were related negatively for females, but unrelated for males. Similarly, social constriction was related to suspicion in females, but not males. With respect to factors of openness to experience, assertion was related positively to receptiveness to unconventional views of reality, openness to hypothetical or theoretical ideas, aesthetic sensitivity, and general openness for females only. For males, negativism and irritability were related positively to loosely defined ego boundaries and related negatively to deliberate systematic thought, while suspicion and guilt were related positively to systematic thought. For females, resentment, indirect hostility, and total hostility correlated with access to unconscious processes. Physical assault was associated with assertion, access to unconscious processes, openness to unconventional views of reality, and general openness for females, but not for males.