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Defensive style and performance on objective personality measures.

A B Heilbrun¹, H L Schwartz

¹Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

Journal of Personality Assessment

|October 1, 1979

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Defensive styles impact personality test validity. Repressive tendencies and rationalizing defenses can distort self-report measures, affecting personality assessment accuracy.

Area of Science:

Psychology
Personality Assessment
Defense Mechanisms

Background:

Understanding the influence of defense mechanisms on personality test validity is crucial.
Previous research has not fully elucidated how different defense styles differentially affect objective personality measures.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between various defense styles and the validity of self-report personality questionnaires.
To examine how projective, repressive, and rationalizing defense styles impact specific personality scales.

Main Methods:

Two studies were conducted analyzing the effects of defense styles on objective personality measures.
The Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control scale and Gough's California Psychological Inventory achievement scales were utilized.

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Main Results:

Repressive tendencies reduced the discriminative power of items on the Locus of Control scale.
Projective defense styles had a moderate adverse effect on predictions from achievement scales.
Rationalizing defense styles most significantly contaminated the validity of achievement scale predictions.

Conclusions:

The impact of defense styles on personality test validity varies depending on the cognitive operations involved.
Defense mechanisms can differentially affect the accuracy and interpretability of personality assessment data.