DOCUMENT RESUME ED 067 581 CG 007 462 AUTHOR Pedrini, D. T.; Pedrini, Bonnie C. TITLE Reaction Formulation: A Bibliography. INSTITUTION Nebraska Univ., Omaha.. PUB DATE 65 NOTE 3p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 DESCRIPTORS *Bibliographic Citations; *Bibliographies; *Booklists; Books; Classification; Indexing; Information Retrieval; *Personality; *Personality Theories; Psychopathology IDENTIFIERS *Reaction Formation ABSTRACT Reaction formation was studied by Sigmund Freud. This defense mechanism may be related to repress!,on, substitution, reversal, and compensation (or over-compensation) ..Alfred Adler considered compensation a basic process in his individual psychology.. Anna Freud discussed some defense mechanisms, and Bibring, Dwyer, Huntington, and Valenstein discussed many, many defense mechanisms. However, little experimental research has actually been done with reaction formation..As with most (if not all) defense mechanisms, it is difficult to include in the investigations both the Freudian conceptualizations and the experimental controls..This bibliography concerns itself with work on reaction formation from the 19301s to the middle 1960,s. (Author) r-I . CO REACTION FORMATION: A BIBLIOGRAPHY LC1 O O D. T. Pedrini and Bonnie C. Pedrini 1.1.1 University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska 68101 Abstract Reaction formation was studied by Sigmund Freud. This defense mechanism may be related to repression, substitution, reversal,and compensation (or over-compensation). Alfred Adler considered compensation a basic process in his individual psychology. Anna Freud discussed some defense mechan- isms, and Bib ring, Dwyer, Huntington, and Valenstein discussed many, many defense mechanisms.However, little experimental research has actually been done with reaction formation. As with most (if not all) defense mechanisms, it is difficult to include in the investigations both the Freudian conceptualizations and the experimental controls. This bibliography concerns itself with work on reaction formationfrom the 1930's to the middle 1960's. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVE& FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIG- INATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFIICE OF EDU- CATION POSITION OR POLICY. REACTION FORMATION Alker, H. A. Cognitive controls and the Haan-Kroeber model of ego function- ing. J. abnorm. Psvchol., 1967, 72, 434-440. Benedek, T. Defense mechanisms and ego structure. Int. Zsch. f. Psycho- anal., 1937, 23, 490-508. Benedek, T. Defense mechanisms and structure of the total personality. Psychoanal. Quart., 1937, 6, 96-118. Bibring, G. L., Dwyer, T. F., Huntington, D. S., & Valenstein, A. F. Glossary of defenses. Psychoanal. stud. child, 1961, 16, 62 -72. (Read the first footnote.) Blum, G. S., Defense preferences among university students in Denmark, Germany, and Israel. J. prof. Tech. pers. Assess., 1964, 28, 13-19. Cohen, A. R. Experimental effects of ego-defense preference on inter- personal relations. J. abnorm. soc. Psychol.., 1956, 52, 19-27. Devereaux, G. Penelope's character. Psychoanal. Ouart., 1957, 26, 378-386. Freud, A. The ego and the mechanisms of defence. London: Hogarth and The Institute of Psycho-Analysis, 1937. Goldstein, S. A projective study of psychoanalytic mechanisms of defense. Dissert. Abstr., 1952, 12, 218. Haan, N. Proposed model of ego functioning. Psvchol. Monogr., 1963, 77, No. 8. Haan, N. Coping and defense mechanisms related to personality inventories. J. consult. Psychol., 1965. 29, 373-378. Keiser, S., & Schilder, P. A study in criminal aggressiveness. Genet. Psvchol. Monogr., 1936, 18, 361-409. 2 .44.44V4-- .4"--44"4- 'T -I - 3 I 4 Kraugh, U. Pre-cognitive defensive organization, review, discussion, and preliminary operational definitions. Acta. psvchiat. neurol. Scand., 1960, 35, 190-206. Kroeber, T. C. The coping functions of the ego mechanisms. In White, R. W. (Ed.), The study of lives. New York: Atherton, 1963. Miller, D. R., & Swanson, G. E. Inner conflict and defense. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. Mowrer, 0. H. An experimental analogue of "regression" with incidental observations on "reaction formation."J. abnorm. soc. Psychol., 1940, 35, 56-87. Peak, H., Muney, B., & Clay, M. Ooposities structures, defenses, and atti- tudes. Psychol. Monogr., 1960, 74, No. 8. Phillips, E. L., & Hall, M. An experimental analogue of reaction formation. J. km. Psychol., 1953, 49, 97-123. Robbins, P. Level of anxiety interference proneness and defensive reactios to fear arousing information. J. Pers., 1963, 31, 163-178. Romm, M. E. Transient psychotic episodes during psychoanalysis. J. Amer. Psvchoanal. Ass., 1957, 5., 325-341. Sarnoff, I. Reaction formation and cynicism. J. Pers., 1960, 28, 129-143. Silverberg, M. V. Notes on the mechanism of reaction-formation. Psycho- anal. Rev., 1932, 19, 56-63. Speisman, J. C., Lazarus, R. S. Mordkoff, A., & Davison, L. Experimental reduction of stress based on ego-defense theory. J. abnorm. soc. Psychol., 1964, 68, 367-380. Swanson, G. E. Determinants of the individual's defenses against inner conflict: Review and reformulation. In Gridewell, J. C. (Ed.), Parental attitudes in child behavior. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1961..