The LDM Inventory (Spielberger & Reheiser, 2000) consists of two separate scales, each containing two subscales. Over the last few years, our research has focused on some typical features of participants with a high score in the “Need for Harmony”, always described as the defensive inclination to achieve and maintain harmonious relations with family, friends and other persons: preventing or reducing interpersonal conflicts even at the cost of self-sacrifice. These extreme subjects were seen to develop the emotion of sadness very intensely under stress (Biasi & Bonaiuto, 2002, 2003). They also find it difficult to feel humour when looking at cartoons with contents reflecting heavy interpersonal conflicts (Giannini, Bonaiuto & Baralla, 2003).This year we decided to focus on further peculiarities linked to the “Need for Harmony”. This trait should be more or less strictly connected to the tendency to reduce differences between one’s own behaviour and that of others; that is, connected to specific personological aspects such as the capacity to identify with others, empathy, suggestibility and the so-called “immersive tendencies” in perception. Our research group thus carried on some specific investigations with adults (aged 19-60 y., both genders in equivalent proportions), using the following instruments: a) The Italian adaptation of the LDM Inventory (illustrated in the previous papers). b) The Roman Alexithymia Scale (Giannini, Baiocco & Laghi, 2001, 2003). This Scale, originally produced in Italy, allows a measure of Empathy and turned out even more effective than the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20); also correlating with some features grasped through the NEO-PI-R (Costa & McCrae, 1992). c) The Immersive Tendencies Questionnaire (Singer & Witmer, 1996). This recently developed instrument allows evaluating the tendency to identify with others, to be dependent, and to be attentively and emotionally involved, in interpersonal perception.The authors report on the details, significance and meanings of the statistical analyses carried out.
GIANNINI ANNA, M., Biasci, V., Bonaiuto, P. (2004). Relations between the LDM Inventory, Scales for Alexitymia and other personological instruments.
Relations between the LDM Inventory, Scales for Alexitymia and other personological instruments
BIASCI, Valeria;
2004-01-01
Abstract
The LDM Inventory (Spielberger & Reheiser, 2000) consists of two separate scales, each containing two subscales. Over the last few years, our research has focused on some typical features of participants with a high score in the “Need for Harmony”, always described as the defensive inclination to achieve and maintain harmonious relations with family, friends and other persons: preventing or reducing interpersonal conflicts even at the cost of self-sacrifice. These extreme subjects were seen to develop the emotion of sadness very intensely under stress (Biasi & Bonaiuto, 2002, 2003). They also find it difficult to feel humour when looking at cartoons with contents reflecting heavy interpersonal conflicts (Giannini, Bonaiuto & Baralla, 2003).This year we decided to focus on further peculiarities linked to the “Need for Harmony”. This trait should be more or less strictly connected to the tendency to reduce differences between one’s own behaviour and that of others; that is, connected to specific personological aspects such as the capacity to identify with others, empathy, suggestibility and the so-called “immersive tendencies” in perception. Our research group thus carried on some specific investigations with adults (aged 19-60 y., both genders in equivalent proportions), using the following instruments: a) The Italian adaptation of the LDM Inventory (illustrated in the previous papers). b) The Roman Alexithymia Scale (Giannini, Baiocco & Laghi, 2001, 2003). This Scale, originally produced in Italy, allows a measure of Empathy and turned out even more effective than the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20); also correlating with some features grasped through the NEO-PI-R (Costa & McCrae, 1992). c) The Immersive Tendencies Questionnaire (Singer & Witmer, 1996). This recently developed instrument allows evaluating the tendency to identify with others, to be dependent, and to be attentively and emotionally involved, in interpersonal perception.The authors report on the details, significance and meanings of the statistical analyses carried out.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
