Joiner T E, Schmidt N B, Lerew D R, Cook J H, Gencoz T, Gencoz F
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-1270, USA.
J Pers Assess. 2000 Oct;75(2):200-11. doi: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7502_2.
Among a sample of Air Force cadets facing the prospect of basic training (N= 1,190; 1,005 men and 185 women), the influence of a defensive test-taking style on measures of depressive and anxious symptoms was examined. Participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck & Steer, 1987) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (Beck, Epstein, Brown, & Steer, 1988), as well as the MMPI (Hathaway & McKinley, 1943) L scale. Results supported hypotheses that defensiveness would affect a self-report measure of depression but not a self-report measure of anxiety and would do so more among men than women. Applied implications of the results are discussed.
