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Conjugate lateral eye movement, repression‐sensitization, and emotional style: Sex interactions
Author(s) -
Woods Donald J.
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<839::aid-jclp2270330348>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - psychology , sensitization , developmental psychology , style (visual arts) , social psychology , scale (ratio) , eye movement , neuroscience , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , history
This study examined the relationships of conjugate lateral eye movement to scores on the Test of Emotional Styles and the Repression‐Sensitization Scale. In males, but not in females, left‐looking S s obtained significantly higher scores on the Responsiveness and Expressiveness scales of the TES. A nonsignificant tendency for males who displayed left‐looking tendencies to appear as more sensitizing than right‐looking males on the RS scale also was found. The correlates of CLEM found for males on the TES lend qualified support to that instrument's overall validity. Further investigation of the possible ego defensive correlates of the CLEM effect is needed.