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Control, Denial, and Heightened Sensitivity Reactions to Personal Threat: Testing the Generalizability of the Threat Orientation Approach

¹ Pomona College
² Salisbury University

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sthompson{at}pomona.edu.

	Abstract

The threat orientation model proposes three dispositional responses to threats: control, heightened sensitivity, and denial. Two studies explored the psychometric properties of the previously developed threat orientation scales and the relationship between the orientations and the responses to a variety of threats. Study 1 found that the control-based and heightened sensitivity–based scales are reliable and were related to perceptions of health, financial, and terrorist threats with a nationally representative sample. Findings held across gender, age, and ethnic groups. Furthermore, Study 1 suggested two types of denial processes: optimistic denial and avoidance denial. Study 2 used a diverse sample to gain additional evidence for two processes of denial and developed measures of each type.

First published on May 20, 2008, doi:10.1177/0146167208318403

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2008;34:1070.

A more recent version of this article appeared on August 1, 2008


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