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The functional asymmetry of negative and positive self‐statements
Author(s) -
Safran Jeremy D.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1982.tb00556.x
Subject(s) - statement (logic) , psychology , assertiveness , anxiety , assertion , clinical psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , programming language
Subjects were divided into high and low negative self‐statement and high and low positive self‐statement groups on the basis of the assertiveness self‐statement test (Schwartz & Gottman, 1976). High negative self‐statement subjects reported more anxiety during assertion role plays than did low negative self‐statement subjects and were rated by judges as exhibiting more non‐verbal anxiety and performing less assertively than low negative self‐statement subjects. Judges rated high positive self‐statement subjects as more irritable and brusque than low positive self‐statement subjects. Theoretical implications are discussed.