Table 3.
Bivariate Correlations Between Response Styles to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown(s) Assessed Using the RSPL a and the DMRS-SF-30 b Defense Mechanisms (N = 367).
| RSPL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defensive Functioning (DMRS-SF-30) |
Introverted- Maladaptive Style (A) |
Introverted- Adaptive Style (B) |
Extraverted- Adaptive Style (C) |
Extraverted- Maladaptive Style (D) |
|
| M (SD) | |||||
| ODF | 5.23 (0.54) | −0.08 | 0.07 | 0.05 | −0.20 *** |
| Defense levels | |||||
| High-adaptive | 45.21 (14.04) | −0.12 * | 0.06 | 0.09 | −0.20 *** |
| Obsessional | 9.81 (6.48) | 0.04 | −0.02 | −0.07 | 0.14 ** |
| Neurotic | 12.09 (5.00) | 0.09 | 0.02 | −0.06 | −0.07 |
| Minor-image distorting | 8.75 (5.12) | 0.04 | −0.02 | −0.05 | 0.12 * |
| Disavowal | 10.10 (5.28) | 0.17 *** | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
| Major-image distorting | 7.87 (4.63) | 0.04 | −0.09 | −0.04 | 0.15 ** |
| Action | 6.17 (4.34) | −0.07 | −0.08 | −0.02 | 0.15 ** |
| Defense mechanisms | |||||
| Suppression | 5.54 (3.45) | −0.07 | −0.06 | −0.03 | −0.17 *** |
| Sublimation | 6.29 (4.10) | −0.07 | 0.12 * | −0.03 | −0.03 |
| Self-observation | 7.14 (3.22) | −0.13 * | 0.09 | 0.05 | −0.14 ** |
| Self-assertion | 7.25 (3.97) | −0.13 * | 0.09 | 0.04 | −0.14 ** |
| Humor | 3.52 (3.06) | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.12 * | −0.15 ** |
| Anticipation | 5.89 (3.13) | −0.03 | −0.06 | 0.07 | −0.11 * |
| Altruism | 6.23 (3.81) | −0.07 | 0.01 | 0.04 | −0.08 |
| Affiliation | 3.34 (2.95) | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.13 * | −0.02 |
| Isolation of affects | 3.26 (5.64) | 0.03 | −0.01 | −0.06 | 0.11 * |
| Intellectualization | 2.40 (2.29) | 0.02 | −0.01 | −0.06 | 0.03 |
| Undoing | 4.15 (2.68) | 0.02 | −0.02 | 0.01 | 0.10 |
| Repression | 2.26 (2.48) | 0.07 | 0.09 | −0.01 | −0.03 |
| Dissociation | 2.46 (1.89) | 0.18 *** | −0.07 | 0.02 | −0.02 |
| Reaction Formation | 3.87 (3.08) | −0.06 | −0.04 | −0.10 | −0.07 |
| Displacement | 3.50 (2.59) | 0.05 | 0.04 | −0.02 | −0.01 |
| Omnipotence | 2.83 (3.74) | −0.04 | −0.04 | −0.07 | 0.12 * |
| Idealization | 2.96 (2.43) | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.05 | 0.08 |
| Devaluation | 2.96 (2.66) | 0.13 * | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| Denial | 2.86 (2.64) | 0.06 | −0.01 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Rationalization | 2.80 (2.28) | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.07 |
| Projection | 2.03 (2.31) | 0.11 * | 0.01 | −0.06 | 0.04 |
| Autistic fantasy | 2.40 (2.39) | 0.15 ** | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.01 |
| Splitting of self-image | 2.48 (2.54) | 0.02 | −0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| Splitting of others’ image | 3.16 (2.57) | 0.08 | −0.02 | −0.09 | 0.06 |
| Projective identification | 2.23 (2.34) | −0.02 | −0.09 | −0.02 | 0.17 *** |
| Passive aggression | 1.15 (1.36) | −0.02 | −0.06 | −0.08 | 0.14 ** |
| Help-rejecting complaining | 2.94 (2.52) | −0.07 | −0.07 | −0.01 | 0.07 |
| Acting out | 2.08 (2.27) | −0.04 | −0.04 | 0.02 | 0.12 * |
a RSPL = Response Styles to the Pandemic and Lockdown(s). b PID-5-BF = Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Brief-Form. Note. ODF = Overall Defensive Functioning. * p ≤ 0.05. ** p ≤ 0.01.*** p ≤ 0.001.