Kline J P, Allen J J, Schwartz G E
Department of Psychology, Washington University, Cheney, Washington 99004-2431, USA.
J Abnorm Psychol. 1998 Feb;107(1):149-53. doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.107.1.149.
A. J. Tomarken and R. J. Davidson (1994) reported that defensiveness is characterized by relative left frontal brain activation. Because they examined only women, gender differences in this relation are possible. In the present study, resting alpha asymmetries in right-handed men (n = 25) and women (n = 60) were related to defensiveness, measured by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire L scale. These results were similar to those of Tomarken and Davidson in that defensiveness correlated positively with relative left frontal activation in women. An unexpected finding was that high-defensive men showed relative right frontal activation, a result virtually opposite that for women. These results imply that the nature of defensiveness as a coping strategy may vary as a function of gender.
A. J. 托马肯和R. J. 戴维森（1994年）报告称，防御性的特征是左额叶大脑相对活跃。由于他们只研究了女性，所以这种关系中可能存在性别差异。在本研究中，通过艾森克人格问卷L量表测量的防御性与右利手男性（n = 25）和女性（n = 60）的静息阿尔法不对称性有关。这些结果与托马肯和戴维森的结果相似，即女性的防御性与左额叶相对激活呈正相关。一个意外的发现是，高防御性的男性表现出右额叶相对激活，这一结果与女性几乎相反。这些结果表明，防御性作为一种应对策略的本质可能因性别而异。
