RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND ADJUSTMENT, REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE.

SS WERE 40 MALADJUSTED MALE PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED ON A PSYCHIATRIC WARD AND 40 ADJUSTED MALE PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED ON A MEDICAL SURGICAL WARD. THE MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC GROUPS WERE EACH COMPOSED OF EQUAL SUBGROUPS OF LOW- AND HIGH-COMPETENCE REPRESSORS AND SENSITIZERS. ALL SS COMPLETED A SOCIAL DESIRABILITY MINIMIZED Q-SORT FOR "REAL SELF" AND FOR "IDEAL SELF." RESULTS SHOWED THAT SELF-ACCEPTANCE AS EXPRESSED IN A SELF-IDEAL DISCREPANCY SCORE IS SIGNIFICANTLY RELATED TO THE DEFENSIVE-STYLE CONTINUUM OF REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION, WITH REPRESSORS EXPRESSING SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER SELF-IDEAL DISCREPANCIES THAN SENSITIZERS. NO RELATIONSHIP WAS FOUND BETWEEN SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND THE DIMENSIONS OF ADJUSTMENT OR SOCIAL COMPETENCE. (33 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

RELATIONSHIP OF REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION TO ADJUSTMENT STATUS, SOCIAL DESIRABILITY, AND ACQUIESCENCE RESPONSE SET.

ATTEMPTED TO CLARIFY THE RELATIONSHIP OF REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION TO ADJUSTMENT STATUS, SOCIAL DESIRABILITY, AND ACQUIESCENCE RESPONSE SET. SS WERE 83 HOSPITALIZED MALE MEDICAL/SURGICAL PATIENTS CLASSIFIED AS ADJUSTED AND 78 HOSPITALIZED MALE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS CLASSIFIED AS MALADJUSTED. THE DEFENSIVE STYLE OF REPRESSION OCCURRED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FREQUENCY IN THE ADJUSTED POPULATION, WHILE THE DEFENSIVE STYLE OF SENSITIZATION OCCURRED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER FREQUENCY IN THE MALADJUSTED POPULATION. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION DIMENSION AND BOTH SOCIAL DESIRABILITY AND ACQUIESCENCE RESPONSE SET. HOWEVER, THE CORRELATIONS WERE LOW ENOUGH TO SUGGEST THAT THE REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION DIMENSION IS TAPPING SOMETHING NOT MEASURED BY THE OTHER 2 VARIABLES. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)