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Effects of Laboratory-Induced Controllable and Uncontrollable Stress on Rorschach Variables m and Y
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Effects of Laboratory-Induced Controllable and Uncontrollable Stress on Rorschach Variables m and Y

William McCown, Aileen Davis Fink, Harry Galina, Judith Johnson and Jamila Danielle Johnson
Journal of personality assessment, v 59(3), pp 564-573
01 Dec 1992
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa5903_10
PMID: 1487809
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Abstract

The research literature regarding stress and the Rorscnach has frequently produced contradictory results. A possible explanation for the lack of consensus may be that past research has failed to consider the nature of the stressor, A potentially important dimension is whether the stressor is perceived as controllable or uncontrollable, particularly because these two types of stressors invoke dinstinctive sets of biobehavioral reactions. We examined the effects of experimentally induced uncontrollable and controllable stress on m and Y Rorschach responses. Uncontrollable laboratory stress was associated with an increase in both m and Y variants, whereas controllable laboratory stress was associated with an increase only in m. Potential implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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