Self-Defeating Personality and Perceptions of Family Environment

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ID13647786
AuthorsThomas Schill (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, corresponding author), Jane Beyler (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), JoAnn Morales (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), Bonnie Ekstrom (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Year1991
Volume69
Issue3
Pages744-746
Publication date1991-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1991.69.3.744
PMID1784659
OpenAlexW2013619358
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited3

People scoring higher on a scale of self-defeating personality perceived their family environments as lacking cohesiveness. Men also perceived their family environments as discouraging open expression of feelings, being unconcerned about school and work achievement, and providing no ethical or religious values. Results were seen as lending validity to clinical theories of masochism which relate lack of family support and lack of reinforcement for assertive, efficacious behavior to the development of self-defeating behavior patterns

Assertiveness · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Group cohesiveness · Perception · Personality · Scale (ratio · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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