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Dogmatism, hostility, aggression, and gender roles
Author(s) -
Heyman Steven R.
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(197707)33:3<694::aid-jclp2270330317>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - hostility , psychology , aggression , anger , personality , feeling , disappointment , social psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology
The relationships between dogmatism, hostility, and aggression for males and females were studied. S s were 74 male and 109 female college students, who were administered the D Scale, Buss‐Durkee Hostility Inventory, Megargee Overcontrolled Hostility Inventory, Gough‐Sanford Rigidity Scale, and Marlowe‐Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Significant positive relationships were found between dogmatism and hostility for both males and females ( p < 0.001). This confirmed theoretical formulations that postulated the more dogmatic to be pervasively hostile, rather than limited to directed expressions of hostility such as prejudice. Only for males, however, was a significant negative relationship between dogmatism and the overcontrolling of hostility found ( p < 0.05). In this, and other relationships, males appeared to be more able to integrate aggressive behaviors into personality patterns. While dogmatism related to several personality patterns, it had no relationship to social desirability. Rigidity and dogmatism presepted essentially different personality constellations. Feelings of guilt were related significantly to disaffected patterns such as dogmatism ( p < 0.001), hostility ( p < 0.001), and aggression ( p < 0.05), which suggests a turning inward of feelings of anger and disappointment in addition to their outward expression.