Repressors, sensitizers, and a control group free-associated to threatening and nonthreatening stimuli for time periods ranging from 1 to 40 sec., giving ratings of affective states after each response period. In spite of the fact that sensitizers showed greater “approach” responding, they did not reduce their anxiety levels. The evidence suggests the need to reevaluate the presumed anxiety-reducing function of sensitizing behaviors.
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