Security Feelings and Affective Tone of Early Recollections: A Re-evaluation

Abstract

Summary The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between feelings of psychological security and affective tone of early recollections (ERs). Previously, using a dichotomous measure of affective tone of ERs, the relationship was reported to be linear, therefore suggesting ER tone as a good projective technique. In the present study, the earlier findings were first replicated. Then the same data was reanalyzed using the more sensitive continuous measure of affective tone and analysis of variance to compare the ER tone of High, Middle, and Low Secure Ss. On the first ER there was a curvilinear relationship between affective tone and security with Middle Secure Ss offering the more pleasant ERs. There were no significant differences among the groups on later ERs. When the affective tone of ERs associated to stimuli by these groups were compared, significant differences were found on “social” stimuli, again with the Middle Secure Ss offering more pleasant ERs. A defensive selective recall hypothesis was suggested to explain the results.

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