TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Control, denial, and heightened sensitivity reactions to personal threat: testing the generalizability of the threat orientation approach
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Thompson, Suzanne C.
A1  - Schlehofer, Michele M.
SP  - 1070
EP  - 1083
VL  - 34
IS  - 8
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167208318403
ID  - ref1
ER  -