Perceptual Deprivation Tolerance and Adequacy of Defenses

Wright, Nancy A.; Abbey, David S.

doi:10.2466/pms.1965.20.1.35

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“…If so, then the ability to integrate primary process material is related to the ability to cope with feelings of internal distress. This speculation is consistent with a number of studies in the adult area, which have shown that the degree of primary process integration is significantly positively related to tolerance for psychological stress and the willingness to endure it (Goldberger, 1961;Heath, 1965;Lipman, 1979;Wright & Abbey, 1965;Wright & Zubeck, 1969).…”

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Primary Process Thinking and Anxiety in Children

Kleinman

Russ²

1988

Journal of Personality Assessment

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The relationship between primary process thinking and two measures of anxiety was investigated in fourth- and fifth-grade children. Holt's Scoring System for Primary Process Responses on the Rorschach was the measure of primary process thinking. The major hypotheses were supported for boys in that frequency of expression of primary process material was positively related to behavioral manifestations of anxiety as measured by the Teacher's Rating Scale. Also, controlled access to and integration of primary process was negatively related to teacher's ratings of anxiety. There were no significant results for girls. Primary process measures were not related to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children. Possible reasons for the different relationships between the primary process measures and the anxiety measures are discussed.

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Primary Process Thinking and Anxiety in Children

Kleinman

Russ²

1988

Journal of Personality Assessment

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“…The perceptual deprivation situation has been conceptualized as an "unstructured behavioral projective test" (Freedman & Greenblatt, 1959). In view of this, it has been suggested (Wright & Abbey, 1965) that the Borschach test may be a better measure of perceptual deprivation tolerance than a variety of paper and pencil tests of personality since it elicits a sample of how the individual typically structures ambiguous situations according to his needs. The purpose of Experiment II was to test this hypothesis.…”

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Use of the multiple discriminant function in the prediction of perceptual deprivation tolerance.

Wright¹,

Zubek²

1966

Canadian Journal of Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologi

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Three paper and pencil tests of personality and the Rorschach were administered to a group of Ss who endured a week of perceptual deprivation and to another group who terminated the condition prematurely. A f test analysis of individual personality characteristics failed to yield any significant differences between the two types of Ss. On the other hand, application of the multiple discriminant function to the various test scores satisfactorily differentiated Ss varying in perceptual deprivation tolerance. In a cross-validation study, however, only the paper and pencil tests proved effective in predicting deprivation tolerance.

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“…One measure that did not hold up was the Rorschach measure of adaptive regression, which had worked well in the original sample but trended in the opposite direction with the actors. It did, however, prove a sturdy predictor in several studies of sensory deprivation conducted outside our own laboratory (Wright & Abbey, 1965;Wright & Zubek, 1969;Zubek, 1969).…”

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confidence: 88%

History of the Research Center for Mental Health, N.Y.U.

Holt¹

2013

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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After a review of the historical and intellectual context in which it grew, the cofounder and codirector of the Research Center for Mental Health, unique in focusing simultaneously on the critical scrutiny of the psychoanalytic theory of thinking and on subjecting it to empirical investigation, discusses its funding, personnel, major programs of research, relationship to organized psychoanalysis, and its possible significance.

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Perceptual Deprivation Tolerance and Adequacy of Defenses

Cited by 11 publications

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Primary Process Thinking and Anxiety in Children

Primary Process Thinking and Anxiety in Children

Use of the multiple discriminant function in the prediction of perceptual deprivation tolerance.

History of the Research Center for Mental Health, N.Y.U.

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