Generality of the Repression-Sensitization Dimension: Threat of Nuclear War
- 1 April 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 16 (2), 385-386
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1965.16.2.385
Abstract
It was hypothesized that repressors, during the blockade of Cuba, would estimate nuclear war as less likely, would express less anxiety, and would show more approval of the blockade than sensitizers. The results for 196 Ss showed that the greater the estimate of the likelihood of nuclear war, the greater the anxiety and the less the approval but these results were not related to the repression-sensitization dimension.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Changes in self-ideal discrepancy in repressors and sensitizers.The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 1960
- Interpersonal Predictions of Repressors and Sensitizers1Journal of Personality, 1957
- Psychological defenses and "ego strength" in the recall of completed and incompleted tasks.The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 1954