12 cheerleaders and drum majorettes gave significantly more exhibitionistic M on the Rorschach than a control group of coeds matched on total number of M. However, the difference between these groups on the Hand Test EXH score was even more pronounced, leading to the tentative conclusions that: (1) M tends to be expressed behaviorally but that (2) M per se is not a necessary condition for the occurrence of organized and predictable behavior. These findings were discussed within the context of Structural Analysis.
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