OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND HYSTERIC STYLES OF THINKING AND PERCEIVING IN A COLLEGE POPULATION.
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Title
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OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND HYSTERIC STYLES OF THINKING AND PERCEIVING IN A COLLEGE POPULATION.
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Identifier
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AAI8222949
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identifier
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8222949
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Creator
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HAHN, EDWARD ALAN.
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Contributor
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Charles P. Smith
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Date
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1982
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Social
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Abstract
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The present study involves the development and validation of self-report measures of obsessive-compulsive and hysteric styles of thinking and perceiving, in a sample of 100 male undergraduates.;The 17 items of the obsessive-compulsive scale manifested relatively high internal consistency (alpha = .81) and the 17 items of the hysteric scale manifested moderate internal consistency (alpha = .66). As expected, obsessive-compulsive style scale scores were independent of hysteric style scale scores (r = .02).;Relationships between the two scales and acquiescence and social desirability responding were examined. The obtained results were not regarded as problematic, but construct validation results were reported with and without social desirability partialled out.;The following construct validation results were in accordance with predictions: Obsessive-compulsive style scores were positively and significantly related to Group Embedded Figures Test performance, reported high school grades in mathematics, intended college majors in the sciences, interest ratings for a physics reading passage, and conventional or authoritarian attitudes. Obsessive-compulsive style scores were negatively and significantly related to intended college majors in the arts.;Hysteric style scores were positively and significantly related to relatively better reported SAT Verbal than SAT Quantitative scores, intended college majors in the arts, unconventional or non-authoritarian attitudes, and interest ratings for a reading passage about romance. Hysteric style scores were negatively and significantly related to Group Embedded Figures Test performance, WAIS Information Scale scores, recall of one's SAT scores, reported high school grades in mathematics, and intended college majors in the sciences.;Obtained results involving the obsessive-compulsive and hysteric scales and reported SAT Quantitative scores, reported high school grades in science, interest ratings for a fashion reading passage, and Object-Uses Test performance were in the predicted direction for all hypotheses except one, but were either weak or equivocal.;Theoretical issues involving field-dependence, convergent and divergent styles, cerebral hemispheric functioning, and selective forgetting and repression were discussed in context of the present results.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
