Odnos represivnoga stila suočavanja i pamćenja emocionalnoga materijala različitoga stupnja aktivacije i hedonskoga tona
Relationship Between Repressive Coping and Memory for Emotional Material with Different Level of Activation and Hedonic Valence

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine differences between four groups of participants (repressive, low-anxious, high-anxious, defensive high-anxious) in the recall of emotional pictures with different level of activation and hedonic valence. Results were obtained on a sample of 104 undergraduate students at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Rijeka, at three time points. The results suggest that although subjects with repressive coping style do not differ from the other three groups of participants in the immediate free recall of pictures, they differ from other groups in the delayed recall of pictures. Participants with repressive coping style recall fewer emotional pictures than the low-anxious group, and the effect of the weaker recall of unpleasant pictures is more pronounced in these two groups than in the other two. The most important finding is the one concerning delayed recall. Namely, the effect of the more weak recall of unpleasant pictures for subjects classified as repressors is more pronounced for the pictures high in activation, and for low- -anxious subjects for pictures low in activation. These results suggest the importance of the

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