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dc.contributor.authorGrisso, Thomas
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:26.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:08:58Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:08:58Z
dc.date.issued1971-06-01
dc.date.submitted2010-09-10
dc.identifier.citationJ Consult Clin Psychol. 1971 Jun;36(3):448.
dc.identifier.issn0022-006X (Linking)
dc.identifier.pmid5561495
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45704
dc.description.abstractAssigned 60 male psychiatric patients to 4 groups matched for diagnosis and length of hospitalization. The 4 groups represented thought and action symptom groupings and high and low social competence (SC). Ss' responses to the Rorschach were scored for defense demand (DD) and defense effectiveness (DE). Better DE was associated with thought symptom Ss at the high SC level, than with symptom Ss at the lower SC level. Other differences were not significant. Results "suggest that greater maturity may require a thought-oriented behavior style to successfully serve adaptation, while a thought-oriented behavior style may not only be unnecessary, but perhaps detrimental to the adaptive success of individuals of less maturity." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=5561495&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0031127
dc.subject*Adaptation, Psychological
dc.subject*Defense Mechanisms
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subject*Mental Disorders
dc.subjectRorschach Test
dc.subject*Social Adjustment
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.titleThe action-thought dimension, social competence, and defense effectiveness
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of consulting and clinical psychology
dc.source.volume36
dc.source.issue3
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_pp/235
dc.identifier.contextkey1550358
html.description.abstract<p>Assigned 60 male psychiatric patients to 4 groups matched for diagnosis and length of hospitalization. The 4 groups represented thought and action symptom groupings and high and low social competence (SC). Ss' responses to the Rorschach were scored for defense demand (DD) and defense effectiveness (DE). Better DE was associated with thought symptom Ss at the high SC level, than with symptom Ss at the lower SC level. Other differences were not significant. Results "suggest that greater maturity may require a thought-oriented behavior style to successfully serve adaptation, while a thought-oriented behavior style may not only be unnecessary, but perhaps detrimental to the adaptive success of individuals of less maturity." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathpsych_pp/235
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry
dc.source.pages448


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