Abstract
This study investigates the significance of other-deception and self-deception in relation to overcontrol as measured by the Overcontrolled Hostility (O-H) Scale of Megargee, Cook and Mendelsohn ( Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 72, 519–528, 1967). The subjects were 74 Icelandic prisoners who had, in addition to the O-H Scale, completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, the Gough Socialisation Scale, the Arrow-Dot Test, and the deception questionnaires of Sackeim and Gur ( Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 47, 213–215, 1979). Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that the deception questionnaires account for 44% of the variance in overcontrol. The personality tests did not add significantly to the variance after the deception scores had been controlled for. The importance of other-deception and self-deception to the concept of overcontrol and the implications for research are discussed.
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