Ego-Defense Patterns in Extraverts and Introverts

Abstract

Present findings among normal Ss extend previous findings among psychiatric Ss. Male and female undergraduates were administered the Byrne Repression-Sensitization (R-S) Scale and the scales in Guilford's GZTS representing factors R, S, and T, three varieties of Extraversion-Introversion (E-I). Results indicate that (a) relationships between R-S and E-I in normals are similar to but smaller than those in psychiatric patients; (b) S (Sociability) is the best general predictor of R-S scores; (c) R-S depends on the presence or absence of an extraversive tendency of any of the 3 varieties; (d) females tend to be more repressive than males; and (e) sex differences in R-S are more pronounced in extraverts.