title: Obsessiveness and a thematic apperception test-based measure of aggression.
abstract: Freud (1909/1955) hypothesized a conflict between love and hate in obsessive neurosis. To test this relationship, we compared a Thematic Apperception Test-based measure of aggressive fantasies in college men who scored either high or low on the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised. 64 undergraduate men from beginning classes in psychology participated. Their mean age was 19.4 yr. (SD= 1.7). 16 men with high scores had significantly higher scores on a TAT-based measure of aggressive fantasies toward parents, partners, and others than 15 men with low scores, which is consistent with Freud's hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2051, USA. r.cogan@ttu.edu
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cogan
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ashford
authors.forename: Brett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaney
authors.forename: Sheena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Embry
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Emory
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goebel
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Holstrom
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Keithley
authors.forename: Miranda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mcpherson
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Jomie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tebbets
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013803:Thematic Apperception Test