NEED FOR CLOSURE, ABILITY TO ACHIEVE CLOSURE AND MONITORING-BLUNTING COGNITIVE COPING STYLE

• Authors: Tomáš Sollár , Jana Vanečková
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The authors examined the assumption that individual differences in Need For (cognitive) Closure (NFC) and the Ability to Achieve (cognitive) Closure (AAC) are related to information-processing style in threatening situations. Analysis showed that NFC was related to monitoring style and high level in NFCS subscale Discomfort with ambiguity was associated with information-seeking behaviour. AAC was associated neither with informational behaviour nor with cognitive coping style. The monitoring/blunting concept seems to be promising especially in the context of research of real-life threatening situations.

Keywords

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CLOSURE; ABILITY; MONITORING; BLUNTING; COGNITIVE STYLE

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 137 – 142

Contributors

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Tomáš Sollár

• Ústav aplikovanej psychológie FSVaZ UKF, Kraskova 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic

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Jana Vanečková