Rao A V, Potash H M
J Clin Psychol. 1985 Nov;41(6):834-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(198511)41:6<834::aid-jclp2270410618>3.0.co;2-e.
Hutt's hypothesis that anxiety is reflected by absolute size deviations on reproduced Bender-Gestalt figures was investigated by administering the test to 40 subjects (half under anxiety-arousing and half under non-anxiety-arousing conditions). Measures of trait anxiety and defensive style were found to be intercorrelated significantly and to interact significantly with anxiety condition. Under the non-anxiety-arousing condition repressers (low trait anxious subjects) had fewer size distortions than sensitizers (high trait anxious subjects). However, situationally induced anxiety reversed this effect, whereby sensitizers had greater size distortions than repressers. Situationally induced anxiety heightened the performance of sensitizers, while it interfered with the test protocols of repressers by producing greater size deviations on the Bender-Gestalt.
赫特的假说认为，焦虑可通过复制的本德尔-格式塔图形上的绝对尺寸偏差反映出来。通过对40名受试者进行该测试（其中一半处于引发焦虑的条件下，另一半处于未引发焦虑的条件下），对这一假说进行了研究。研究发现，特质焦虑和防御风格的测量指标之间存在显著的相互关联，并且与焦虑状况存在显著的交互作用。在未引发焦虑的条件下，压抑者（特质焦虑程度低的受试者）的尺寸扭曲比敏感者（特质焦虑程度高的受试者）少。然而，情境诱发的焦虑逆转了这种效应，即敏感者的尺寸扭曲比压抑者更大。情境诱发的焦虑提高了敏感者的表现，同时通过在本德尔-格式塔测试中产生更大的尺寸偏差，干扰了压抑者的测试记录。
