DISSIMULATION AND THE SEX DIFFERENCE IN SELF-ASSESSED FEARS - A BRIEF NOTE

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ARRINDELL, WA [1 ]
BUIKHUISEN, M [1 ]
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[1] FREE UNIV AMSTERDAM, FAC MED, DEPT PSYCHIAT, 1007 MC AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
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10.1016/0005-7967(92)90077-T
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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Since the publication of the first findings with a Fear Survey Schedule over five decades ago, there have been no published studies examining the extent of overlap of factorially-derived robust dimensions of irrational fears with social desirability or dissimulation. Due to measurement problems associated with the use of individual fear items or general fear measures, the findings reported to date are relatively meaningless. In the present study, community volunteers were administered the Fear Questionnaire and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Lie scale, the correlation between both measures determined, and the influence of the Lie scores on the sex difference in self-assessed fears examined. Neither in males nor in females were Agoraphobic and Social fears significantly correlated with dissimulation. Significant associations reflecting small effect sizes were obtained in both samples between Blood-injury fears and Lie scores. Only the sex difference in Blood-injury fears was meaningfully affected by dissimulation: the usual finding of higher mean scores for females was obtained only after controlling or the influence cf Lie scores. The importance of taking the research and practical implications of the findings with respect to the Blood-injury fears dimension seriously, despite the small magnitudes of the relevant data, was emphasized, as was the need for further studies in this area.
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