@article{ref1,
title="Control, denial, and heightened sensitivity reactions to personal threat: testing the generalizability of the threat orientation approach",
journal="Personality and social psychology bulletin",
year="2008",
author="Thompson, Suzanne C. and Schlehofer, Michele M.",
volume="34",
number="8",
pages="1070-1083",
abstract="The threat orientation model proposes three dispositional responses to threats: control, heightened sensitivity, and denial. Two studies explored the psychometric properties of the previously developed threat orientation scales and the relationship between the orientations and the responses to a variety of threats. Study 1 found that the control-based and heightened sensitivity-based scales are reliable and were related to perceptions of health, financial, and terrorist threats with a nationally representative sample. Findings held across gender, age, and ethnic groups. Furthermore, Study 1 suggested two types of denial processes: optimistic denial and avoidance denial. Study 2 used a diverse sample to gain additional evidence for two processes of denial and developed measures of each type.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-1672",
doi="10.1177/0146167208318403",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167208318403"
}