✦ LIBER ✦
Repression-sensitization and affect cognition: An examination of the two defensive modes purportedly measured by the R-S scale
✍ Scribed by Jacob L. Orlofsky
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 448 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
The repression-sensitization (R-S) scale ( l ) was developed to identify two polar types of defensive reaction to threatening stimuli. Individuals who score low on the scale are thought t o utilize repressive or avoidance responses. when presented with conflictful stimuli. Those who score high on the scale, sensitizers, presumably overintellectualize conflicts and maintain a hypervigilance to threat that causes them to experience high levels of anxiety. Since neither of the extreme defensive modes would be expected to result in optimal adjustment, scores on the