The impact of thinking about supportive relationships on interpersonal defensiveness. Does it matter who thinks, about whom, and in what way?

Abstract

participants and procedure After taking the bogus emotional intelligence test and completing the attachment questionnaire, the participants (N = 124) visualized an acquaintance or a close person, adopting the ecosystem or the egosystem perspective on thinking about him/her. Subsequently the participants received unfavorable feedback on their bogus test results and completed measures of defensiveness in an anticipated conversation with the researcher.