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Affiliative behaviour of approach‐ and avoidance‐motivated subjects in fear and anxiety situations
Author(s) -
Paz Ruchama,
Amir Yehuda
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2420040305
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , avoidance behaviour , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry
This study examined the effects of fear‐ and anxiety‐inducing situations on affiliative behaviour of approach‐oriented and avoidance‐oriented Ss. Two samples of high school and university students were utilized to examine the following hypotheses: a) In fear situations, affiliative behaviour will increase in both approach‐ and avoidance‐oriented subjects; b) in anxiety situations, affiliative behaviour will increase in approach‐oriented subjects and decrease in avoidance‐oriented ones. The results confirmed the hypotheses for a verbal criterion of affiliative behaviour, and partially for a behaviour criterion.