Castration anxiety and phobias.
Based on Freud's case study of "Little Hans," the authors tested the hypothesis that men with phobias would score higher on castration anxiety than men without phobias. College men with either average or high scores on the Fears Scale of the MMPI-2 (n = 10 men in each group) responded to the Thematic Apperception Test, which was scored for castration anxiety. Men with high scores on the Fears Scale had higher scores on castration anxiety than men with average scores on the Fears Scale. The findings are consistent with Freud's hypothesis about phobias.
Cogan
Rosemary
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Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Box 42051, Lubbock, TX 79409-2051, USA.
Larrabee
Linda K
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Wyatt
Ian M
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Ontiberoz
Amanda
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Waters
Stephanie K
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Werner
Mitzi L
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Miller
Andrea L
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Lovelady
Adrianne C
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Hurt
Tilmon J
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Hardin
Edward D
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Gonzalez
Patricia M
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001009:Anxiety, Castration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013803:Thematic Apperception Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data