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The favorability of person‐perception and the R‐S scale
Author(s) -
Kornfeld Alfred D.
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<444::aid-jclp2270330223>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , trait , perception , scale (ratio) , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , developmental psychology , communication , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , computer science , programming language
This study tested the proposition that the favorability of impression formation would be influenced by ersonality style as defined by the Repression‐Sensitization (R‐S) scale. Viiotaped interviews of five extreme repressor and five extreme sensitizer targets were rated for favorability on 10 adjective trait dimensions by three groups of perceiver Ss that consisted of 50 repressors, 50 neutrals, and 50 sensitizers, respectively. As predicted, the sensitizer targets were rated significantly less favorably than were the repressor targets. However, none of the hypotheses re the interaction of rater and target personality style was confirmed. It was concluded that the R‐S scale bears a relationship to self‐presentatbnal behavior and the affect of depression.