TY - JOUR
T1 - Attention, attraction, and individual differences in reaction to criticism
AU - Graziano, William G.
AU - Brothen, Thomas
AU - Berscheid, Ellen
PY - 1980/2
Y1 - 1980/2
N2 - 82 female undergraduates were classified as repressors or sensitizers (by scores on the Repression-Sensitization Scale) and led to expect either some future interaction or no future interaction with negative and positive evaluators. It was predicted that repressors would avoid attending to negative evaluators when no future interaction was anticipated more than sensitizers would, but that the groups would not differ when interaction was anticipated. This first prediction was not confirmed: The negative evaluator received more attention than the positive evaluator across all conditions. It was also predicted that repressors would react more positively to the negative evaluator than sensitizers when there was a prospect of future interaction, but that repressors would react less positively to the negative evaluator than sensitizers when there was no prospect of future interaction. This prediction was confirmed. Utility and individual differences in perception processes are discussed. (34 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
AB - 82 female undergraduates were classified as repressors or sensitizers (by scores on the Repression-Sensitization Scale) and led to expect either some future interaction or no future interaction with negative and positive evaluators. It was predicted that repressors would avoid attending to negative evaluators when no future interaction was anticipated more than sensitizers would, but that the groups would not differ when interaction was anticipated. This first prediction was not confirmed: The negative evaluator received more attention than the positive evaluator across all conditions. It was also predicted that repressors would react more positively to the negative evaluator than sensitizers when there was a prospect of future interaction, but that repressors would react less positively to the negative evaluator than sensitizers when there was no prospect of future interaction. This prediction was confirmed. Utility and individual differences in perception processes are discussed. (34 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
KW - anticipation of interaction with negative vs positive evaluators &
KW - repression vs sensitization, reaction to criticism, female college students
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U2 - 10.1037//0022-3514.38.2.193
DO - 10.1037//0022-3514.38.2.193
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000127387
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 38
SP - 193
EP - 202
JO - Journal of personality and social psychology
JF - Journal of personality and social psychology
IS - 2
ER -