Obsessiveness and a thematic apperception test-based measure of aggression.
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.
Cogan
Rosemary
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Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2051, USA. r.cogan@ttu.edu
Ashford
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Chaney
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Embry
Sheena
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Emory
Lindsay
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Goebel
Holly
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Holstrom
Nicole
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Keithley
David
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Lawson
Miranda
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Mcpherson
Joe
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Scott
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Tebbets
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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