Processing of information about self by neurotics

Journal article

This article examines the possibility that neurotic people exhibit consistent idiosyncracies of cognitive information processing. Specifically, it was hypothesized that if a subject is presented with both negative and positive information which is said to refer to the subject's personality then neurotic people should exhibit a greater than normal tendency to selectively process the self-depreciatory rather than the self-appreciatory information. An experimental investigation with both clinically neurotic and normal samples employed a variety of experimental measures in conjunction with three personality measures (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Repression-Sensitization scale, and Social Self-esteem), and provided evidence for the existence of such an association.

Authors: Young, G; Martin, M

• Journal: British Journal of Clinical Psychology
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 205-212
• Publication date: 1981-01-01
• ISSN: 0144-6657
• Language: English