Unmasking Verbal Defensiveness: The Role of Psychological Threat in Sentence Completion Tests.

IF 2.8 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Journal of personality assessment Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-15 DOI:10.1080/00223891.2024.2326941
William B Ridgway, James J Picano, Charles A Morgan, Robert R Roland, Yaron G Rabinowitz
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Shedding light on the validity of sentence completion test (SCT) verbal defensiveness as an index of defensive behavior, the current two-part study examined the relationship between psychological threat and verbal defensiveness among military security and mission-critical team candidates using SCTs. Our study showed that as the threatening nature of SCT stems increased, defensive responses also increased, substantiating the link between psychological threat and defensive behavior. In addition, expert ratings of stem content revealed moderately strong relationships with defensive responses across two different SCTs, irrespective of their structural characteristics. In contrast to previous studies using total verbal defensiveness scores, we examined specific defensive response types and their associations with stem threat ratings, finding that omissions, denial, and comments about the test were linked to stem threat levels. Lastly, our study extends the application of the SCT verbal defensiveness index beyond specialized personnel selection, finding no significant differences in verbal defensiveness based on gender or military status. Overall, these findings contribute to a comprehensive understanding of defensive behavior and its contextual variations.

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揭开言语防御性的面纱:句子完成测试中心理威胁的作用。
为了揭示完形填空测验(SCT)言语防御性作为防御行为指数的有效性,本研究分两部分,利用完形填空测验考察了军事安全和关键任务团队候选人的心理威胁与言语防御性之间的关系。我们的研究表明,随着SCT题干威胁性的增加,防御反应也随之增加,从而证实了心理威胁与防御行为之间的联系。此外,在两种不同的 SCT 中,无论其结构特征如何,专家对词干内容的评分都显示出与防御性反应之间有中等程度的密切关系。与以往使用言语防御性总分的研究不同,我们研究了特定防御性反应类型及其与题干威胁评分的关系,发现遗漏、否认和对测试的评论与题干威胁水平有关。最后,我们的研究将SCT言语防御指数的应用范围扩展到了专业人员选拔之外,发现言语防御指数与性别或军人身份没有显著差异。总之,这些研究结果有助于全面了解防御行为及其背景变化。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Personality Assessment (JPA) primarily publishes articles dealing with the development, evaluation, refinement, and application of personality assessment methods. Desirable articles address empirical, theoretical, instructional, or professional aspects of using psychological tests, interview data, or the applied clinical assessment process. They also advance the measurement, description, or understanding of personality, psychopathology, and human behavior. JPA is broadly concerned with developing and using personality assessment methods in clinical, counseling, forensic, and health psychology settings; with the assessment process in applied clinical practice; with the assessment of people of all ages and cultures; and with both normal and abnormal personality functioning.
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