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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
4-5
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1991-11-21
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| pubmed:abstractText |
In a 10-year prospective study, Grossarth-Maticek and colleagues reported that the tendency to repress and/or deny emotions was strongly predictive of cancer mortality. The method used to assess repression/denial was modified recently by Spielberger to form the Rationality/Emotional Defensiveness (R/ED) Scale. The present study investigates the psychometric properties of the R/ED Scale in 1236 male (mean age = 71.8 yr) and 863 female (mean age = 68.5 yr) participants in a 27-year follow-up of the Western Collaborative Group Study. Analyses revealed high interitem consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.77 and 0.78 for men and women, respectively) and two independent and stable factors that we labeled 'Anti-emotionality' (27% of total variance) and 'Rationality' (21% of total variance). Excluding cancer subjects, significant gender differences were observed for individual items, total R/ED score, and the two subscales. Comparisons of the 159 male cancer patients and the 175 female cancer patients with the corresponding noncancer subjects suggest possible gender x cancer status and age x cancer status interactions. These results challenge Grossarth-Maticek's assertion that rationality/anti-emotionality is a unidimensional construct and indicate the need to take into account the effect of age and gender on the presence of these psychological constructs.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0022-3999
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
35
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
545-54
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2010-11-18
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Cohort Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Coronary Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Cross-Sectional Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Defense Mechanisms,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Emotions,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Incidence,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Personality Inventory,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Prospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Psychometrics,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Psychophysiologic Disorders,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Repression, Psychology,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Repression-Sensitization,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-Survival Rate,
pubmed-meshheading:1920182-United States
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| pubmed:year |
1991
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
The Rationality/Emotional Defensiveness Scale--I. Internal structure and stability.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Health Sciences Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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