Citation

Cogan R, Ashford D, Chaney B, Embry S, Emory L, Goebel H, Holstrom N, Keithley D, Lawson M, Mcpherson J, Scott B, Tebbets J. Psychol. Rep. 2004; 95(3): 828-830.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2051, USA. r.cogan@ttu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15666912

Abstract

Freud (1909/1955) hypothesized a conflict between love and hate in obsessive neurosis. To test this relationship, we compared a Thematic Apperception Test-based measure of aggressive fantasies in college men who scored either high or low on the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised. 64 undergraduate men from beginning classes in psychology participated. Their mean age was 19.4 yr. (SD= 1.7). 16 men with high scores had significantly higher scores on a TAT-based measure of aggressive fantasies toward parents, partners, and others than 15 men with low scores, which is consistent with Freud's hypothesis.

Language: en