Repressers describe themselves as less hostile and aggressive than Sensitizers. How do they compare on the covert (projective) and overt (behavioral) expression of hostility? Repressers, Sensitizers and Control Ss did not differ in the expression of hostility on the Rorschach test. However, in the same Ss, after group discussion, Repressers were rated by experienced judges as more hostile and aggressive than Sensitizers in their interpersonal behavior.
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