Is Repressor Adaptive in Korea: A discussion on the validity of Repression Measurement in Korea

바람직하지 않은 내용을 의식하지 못하도록 방어하는 기제인 억압이 심리신체적 증상을 초래한다는 억압가설과 달리, 최근 국내의 여러 연구들은 억압이 적응적 대처양식이라는 결과를 제시하고 있다. 이러한 상반된 결과들이 방어성이 정확하게 측정되지 않아 나타난 것인지 혹은 문화적 맥락에 따라 억압의 기능이 다를지에 대해, 억압 측정의 타당성을 검토하며 고찰하였다. 연구1에서는 억압의 개념화에 있어 정서를 경험할 수 있는 능력의 제약이 중요하다는 관점에서, 정서과정의 주요 개인차 변인인 정서강도, 정서주의, 경험적 회피에서 억압집단과 비억압집단 간에 차이가 있는지를 살펴보았다. 그 결과, 억압집단 구분의 타당성을 지지하는 가설들은 기각되었다. 연구 1에서 사용한 자기보고 자료는 억압이 내포하는 자기기만의 문제를 배제할 수 없음으로, 연구 2에서는 암묵적, 그리고 명시적 스트레스 조건에서 자율신경활동양상과 기분의 변화를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 스트레스 자극에 대한 생리적 반응 및 자기보고된 기분변화에서 억압집단과 비억압집단 간의 기대되었던 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 두 연구 모두 낮은 불안과 높은 사회적 바람직성으로 억압집단을 타당성 있게 구분할 수 있다는 입장을 지지하지 않았다.

keywords: Repression, defensiveness, Emotion., HRV., Repression, defensiveness, Emotion., HRV., 억압, 방어, 정서, 심박변이도

Abstract

Repression, a defense mechanism rejecting and keeping something out of consciousness, is generally regarded as maladaptive. However, recent studies in Korea have reported adaptive characteristics of repressor. This study investigated whether this difference is due to cultural contexts, or low validity of the repression measurement. In Study 1, the validity of repression related to avoidance and minimization of emotional experience was investigated. A total of 454 college students (281 women and 173 men) were allocated into four groups (repressor, truly low-anxious Ss, high-anxious Ss, defensive high-anxious Ss) based on the scores of the Manifest Anxiety Scale and MCSDS. The results showed no significant hypothetic group differences. The repressor presented higher affect intensity, similar level of emotional attention, and lower experiential avoidance compared to the truly low-anxious Ss. In other words, the validity of the distinction of repressor was not confirmed. In Study 2, to exclude the possibility of self-deception involved in repressors' self-report, the group differences in psychophysiologic reactivity [Heart Rate Variability(HRV) that reflects autonomic nervous system reactivity] to stressors were examined. The results indicated no significant hypothetic group differences on psychophysiologic reactivities in both of implicit stress condition (taking ability test) and explicit stress condition (bogus failure feedback), nor on pre- and post- mood changes. In sum, the validity of the above repressor measurement was not supported in Korea, This suggests the need of including behavioral and physiological measurement to study how repression functions in Korea.

keywords: Repression, defensiveness, Emotion., HRV., Repression, defensiveness, Emotion., HRV., 억압, 방어, 정서, 심박변이도

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Is Repressor Adaptive in Korea: A discussion on the validity of Repression Measurement in Korea

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