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- 'Repressors' experience minimal distress but high physical (physiological) arousal (e.g., racing heart, feeling 'on-edge') (2). In this way, the link between the body and brain gets disconnected. People who repress are mentally on-guard for internal 'threats' (negative thoughts, feelings, physical sensations).
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Repression has been defined as the tendency to inhibit—consciously or unconsciously—the experience and expression of negative emotions or unpleasant cognitions in order to prevent one’s positive self-image from being threatened.
Jul 25, 2007 · Repression has been defined as the tendency to inhibit—consciously or unconsciously—the experience and expression of negative emotions or unpleasant cognitions in order to prevent one’s positive self-image from being threatened.
- Bert Garssen
- bgarssen@hdi.nl
- 2007
Repressors appear to deny moderate levels of negative mood states in their daily experience compared to nonrepressors, exhibiting more of an "all or nothing" pattern in their negative affect.
This investigation examined whether repressors, individuals who seem especially reactive to emotional stimuli, would attempt to control their emotional reactions to unpleasant events, and whether such attempts would impair repressors’ recall for those stimuli.
- Joseph M. Boden, Karen L. Dale
- 2001
May 20, 2022 · Repression involves hiding or blocking negative feelings and thoughts to keep a positive self-image (1). Repression occurs in different ways. Here are a couple of examples: Worrying how people see you and telling them 'I'm fine' while fighting to hide negative emotions.
Oct 1, 2009 · Derakshan & Eysenck (2005) found that, when asked to focus on their feelings, repressors report as much state anxiety and negative thoughts as non-repressors, which suggests that inattention...
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Jun 15, 2015 · The constructs of repressive coping and alexithymia are both related to impaired emotion processing, yet individuals with a repressive coping style (repressors) score lower than controls on standard self-report measures of alexithymia. A large body of evidence indicates that repressors avoid negative affect.
