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How optimistic are repressors? the relationship between repressive coping, controllability, self-esteem and comparative optimism for health-related events

Lynn B. Myers Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University College London
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Donna Reynolds Department of Psychology, University of Reading
Pages 677-687 | Received 29 Apr 1998, Accepted 31 Jan 2000, Published online: 19 Dec 2007

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Thomas Swan & Jamin Halberstadt. (2021) God’s plan? The role of emotional repression in forming and sustaining religious beliefs. Religion, Brain & Behavior 11:4, pages 403-423.
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James Erskine, Lia Kvavilashvili, Lynn Myers, Sarah Leggett, Steve Davies, Syd Hiskey, Joanna Hogg, Sophia Yeo & George Georgiou. (2016) A longitudinal investigation of repressive coping and ageing. Aging & Mental Health 20:10, pages 1010-1020.
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James J. Walsh, Maria A. McNally, Ancy Skariah, Ayesha A. Butt & Michael W. Eysenck. (2015) Interpretive bias, repressive coping, and trait anxiety. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping 28:6, pages 617-633.
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Gabriela Chojnacka-Szawłowska, Ryszard Kościelak, Karol Karasiewicz, Mikołaj Majkowicz & Joanna Kozaka. (2013) Delays in seeking cancer diagnosis in relation to beliefs about the curability of cancer in patients with different disease locations. Psychology & Health 28:2, pages 154-170.
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LynnB. Myers. (2010) The importance of the repressive coping style: findings from 30 years of research. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping 23:1, pages 3-17.
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RicG. Steele, Jason Van Allen, EricR. Benson, HeatherL. Hunter & Diane McDermott. (2008) Associations Between the Repressive Adaptive Style and Self-Reported Hope in Mexican American and Euro-American Children. Journal of Personality Assessment 90:4, pages 375-381.
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Nazanin Derakshan, MichaelW. Eysenck & LynnB. Myers. (2007) Emotional information processing in repressors: The vigilance–avoidance theory. Cognition and Emotion 21:8, pages 1585-1614.
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JoelleC. Ruthig, JudithG. Chipperfield, RaymondP. Perry, NancyE. Newall & Audrey Swift. (2007) Comparative Risk and Perceived Control: Implications for Psychological and Physical Well-Being Among Older Adults. The Journal of Social Psychology 147:4, pages 345-369.
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James A. K. Erskine, Lia Kvavilashvili, Martin A. Conway & Lynn Myers. (2007) The effects of age on psychopathology, well-being and repressive coping. Aging & Mental Health 11:4, pages 394-404.
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Stephen L. Brown & E. Zoe Smith. (2007) The inhibitory effect of a distressing anti-smoking message on risk perceptions in smokers. Psychology & Health 22:3, pages 255-268.
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Murray Millar. (2006) Responses to messages about health behaviors: The influence of repressive coping. Psychology & Health 21:2, pages 231-245.
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Claudia Gebhardt, Norman Rose & Kristin Mitte. (2014) Fact or artefact: an item response theory analysis of median split based repressor classification. British Journal of Health Psychology 19:1, pages 36-51.
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Janine Giese-Davis, Rie Tamagawa, Maya Yutsis, Suzanne Twirbutt, Karen Piemme, Eric Neri, C. Barr Taylor & David Spiegel. (2012) Which symptoms matter? Self-report and observer discrepancies in repressors and high-anxious women with metastatic breast cancer. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 37:1, pages 22-36.
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Carolyn L. Hafer & Leanne Gosse. (2011) Predicting alternative strategies for preserving a belief in a just world: The case of repressive coping style. European Journal of Social Psychology 41:6, pages 730-739.
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Barbara Krahé, Ingrid Möller, Anja Berger & Juliane Felber. (2011) Repression Versus Sensitization in Response to Media Violence as Predictors of Cognitive Avoidance and Vigilance. Journal of Personality 79:1, pages 165-190.
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B. SCHOLES & C. R. MARTIN. (2010) Could repressive coping be a mediating factor in the symptom profile of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia?. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 17:5, pages 403-410.
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Bert Garssen. (2007) Repression: Finding Our Way in the Maze of Concepts. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 30:6, pages 471-481.
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Carol MagaiNathan ConsedineAlfred I. NeugutDawn L. Hershman. (2007) Common Psychosocial Factors Underlying Breast Cancer Screening And Breast Cancer Treatment Adherence: A Conceptual Review And Synthesis. Journal of Women's Health 16:1, pages 11-23.
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Nathan S. Consedine, Carol Magai & Yulia S. Krivoshekova. (2005) Sex and age cohort differences in patterns of socioemotional functioning in older adults and their links to physical resilience. Ageing International 30:3, pages 209-244.
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Armande Gil. (2005) Repressing Distress in Childhood: A Defense against Health-Related Stress. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 36:1, pages 27-52.
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N. S. Consedine, C. Magai & D. Horton. (2005) Ethnic Variation in the Impact of Emotion and Emotion Regulation on Health: A Replication and Extension. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 60:4, pages P165-P173.
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Barbara Krahe. (2005) Cognitive Coping With the Threat of Rape: Vigilance and Cognitive Avoidance. Journal of Personality 73:3, pages 609-644.
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Lynn B. Myers & Nazanin Derakshan. (2020) Do childhood memories colour social judgements of today? The case of repressors. European Journal of Personality 18:4, pages 321-330.
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John R. Chambers & Paul D. Windschitl. (2004) Biases in Social Comparative Judgments: The Role of Nonmotivated Factors in Above-Average and Comparative-Optimism Effects.. Psychological Bulletin 130:5, pages 813-838.
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Yael Benyamini, Colleen S. McClain, Elaine A. Leventhal & Howard Leventhal. (2002) Living with the worry of cancer: health perceptions and behaviors of elderly people with self, vicarious, or no history of cancer. Psycho-Oncology 12:2, pages 161-172.
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Adrian Furnham, K.V Petrides & Sarah Spencer-Bowdage. (2002) The effects of different types of social desirability on the identification of repressors. Personality and Individual Differences 33:1, pages 119-130.
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Arlene Vetere & Lynn B Myers. (2002) Repressive Coping Style and Adult Romantic Attachment Style: is there a relationship?. Personality and Individual Differences 32:5, pages 799-807.
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