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Abstract. During the last three decades there has been substantial research exploring the repressive coping style as defined by Weinberger, Schwartz, and Davidson. As “repressors,” who score low on trait anxiety and high on defensiveness, account for up to 50% of certain populations, they are an essential group for psychologists to study.
Oct 1, 2009 · Similarly, a repressive coping style was associated with higher physiological arousal (Myers, 2010). Psychosocial factors were also proposed to influence poor lifestyle choices, such as smoking ...
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Sep 1, 2023 · Since dysfunctional emotion regulation is often associated with the development and maintenance of mental health problems (Sheppes et al., 2015) and research on fluctuating and non-defensive copers is sparse, it might be interesting for future research to further investigate these two coping styles in terms of their emotion regulation abilities.
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1196481
- 2023
- Front Psychol. 2023; 14: 1196481.
Quite confusing is that other authors, using a different term namely repressive coping but referring to the same operational definition of Weinberger, claim the opposite: “Repressive coping is thought to modulate the conscious experience of negative affect following the appraisal of threat” (Newton and Contrada 1992, p. 160).
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In order to understand how repression works, it is important to look at how Sigmund Freud viewed the mind. Freud conceived of the human mind as being much like an iceberg. The top of the iceberg that you can see above the water represents the conscious mind. The part of the iceberg that is submerged below the water, but is still visible, is the pre...
Freud suggested that physical symptoms could be associated with repression. Subsequent research has linked an array of signs and symptoms with repressed emotions. These include: 1. High blood pressure 2. Skin conditions 3. Fatigue 4. Obesity 5. Headache 6. Dizziness 7. Back, neck, chest, and abdominal pain Psychologically, repression can lead to fe...
Repression is one way the mind can deal with difficult thoughts or emotions. And in some cases, that is helpful. One review of research concluded that distorting reality through repression most often helps improve psychological and social functioning. People who have what is known as a repressive coping style tend to experience less depression and ...
Research has supported the idea that selective forgetting is one way that people block awareness of unwanted thoughts or memories.One way this can occur is through what is referred to as retrieval-induced forgetting. Retrieval-induced forgettingoccurs when recalling certain memories causes other related information to be forgotten. So repeatedly ca...
The notion of repressed memories, or the existence of memories that are so painful or traumatic that they are kept out of conscious awareness, has been a controversial topic in psychology.
While Freud believed that lifting repression was the key to recovery, this has not been supported by research. Instead, some experts believe that bringing repressed material to light can be the first step toward change. Understanding something, after all, is not enough to fix a problem. But it can lead to further efforts that may result in real rel...
Aug 31, 2023 · Since dysfunctional emotion regulation is often associated with the development and maintenance of mental health problems (Sheppes et al., 2015) and research on fluctuating and non-defensive copers is sparse, it might be interesting for future research to further investigate these two coping styles in terms of their emotion regulation abilities.
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The importance of the repressive coping style: findings from 30 years of ... Importantly, there is a body of evidence linking repressive coping and poor physical health, including heart disease ...
