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Repression‐Sensitization and Maudsley Personality Inventory Scores: Response Sets and Stress Effects
Author(s) -
DANA RICHARD H.,
COCKING RODNEY R.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1969.tb00615.x
Subject(s) - psychology , extraversion and introversion , neuroticism , acquiescence , personality , adjective check list , social desirability , personality assessment inventory , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , big five personality traits , politics , political science , law
Experimental and control groups of sophomore college students were administered the revised Repression‐Sensitization Scale (R‐S) and the Maudsley Personality Inventory (MPI) Extraversion and Introversion Scales. Stress, the threat that these scores were to be used for screening potential psychology majors, was provided for the experimental group. The Leary Interpersonal Adjective Checklist was then administered to both groups and scored for LOV, DOM and response set measures of deviation, acquiescence and social desirability. Correlational results indicated a marginally significant relation between repression and extraversion, and high correspondence between sensitization and neuroticism. Analyses of varience were done with R‐S and MPI groups' response set and IAC scores, for stress and non‐stress conditions. The results emphasized an adjustment explanation for the R‐S continuum.