Conjugate lateral eye movement, repression-sensitization, and emotional style: sex interactions

This study examined the relationships of conjugate lateral eye movement to scores on the Test of Emotional Styles and the Repression-Sensitization Scale. In males, but not in females, left-looking Ss obtained significantly higher scores on the Responsiveness and Expressiveness scales of the TES. A non-significant tendency for males who displayed left-looking tendencies to appear as more sensitizing than right-looking males on the RS scale also was found. The correlates of CLEM found for males on the TES lend qualified support to that instrument's overall validity. Further investigation of the possible ego defensive correlates of the CLEM effect is needed.