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Response to interpersonal request styles by dependent and overcontrolled hostility personalities.

M K Biaggio, W H Godwin, H K Baldwin

    Journal of Clinical Psychology
    |May 1, 1984
    PubMed
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    This study examined compliance, anger, and sympathy in dependent and hostile individuals. Contrary to hypotheses, neither group reported higher compliance, but sex differences emerged in responses to assertive requests.

    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Social Psychology
    • Personality Psychology

    Background:

    • Individual differences in personality, such as dependency and hostility, can influence social interactions.
    • Understanding how individuals respond to different communication styles is crucial for interpersonal dynamics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate self-reported compliance, anger, and sympathy in dependent and overcontrolled hostile individuals compared to controls.
    • To explore potential sex differences in emotional and compliance responses to various request styles.

    Main Methods:

    • Participants (N=74) were categorized into dependent, high overcontrolled hostility, or control groups.
    • Subjects rated their compliance, anger, and sympathy after reading scenarios depicting four request styles: assertive, aggressive, passive aggressive, and submissive.

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    Main Results:

    • Contrary to hypotheses, dependent and overcontrolled individuals did not report significantly higher compliance than control participants.
    • Females reported greater anger and less sympathy in response to assertive requests compared to males.
    • The artificiality of the experimental design may have limited the detection of expected differences in compliance.

    Conclusions:

    • The study did not find expected differences in compliance for dependent or overcontrolled hostile individuals, possibly due to the research design.
    • Significant sex differences in emotional responses to assertive requests suggest varying perceptions of appropriateness.
    • Further research is needed to explore these sex differences and the impact of situational factors on compliance and emotional reactions.