REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION - ITS RELATION TO ADJUSTMENT AND SEEKING PSYCHOTHERAPY AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

Investigated the variables of adjustment and voluntarily approaching psychotherapy as each relates to repression-sensitization (R-S). 27 male and 36 female college students who sought psychotherapy (T) were compared on the R-S scale with a similar group which had not sought psychotherapy (NT). Results indicate that the T group scored significantly higher on the R-S scale than the NT group. The T group was found to be more sensitizing than the NT group even when the 2 groups were equated on a paper-and-pencil measure of adjustment. Among males in the T group, those terminating therapy after fewer than 4 sessions were less sensitizing than those continuing in therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.