You might think that defensiveness - which psychologists describe as avoiding , denying , or repressing information one perceives as threatening - would not be a good thing , and maybe even causes you stress .
In a laboratory setting , each participant was given stressful tasks to perform while being measured for both defensiveness and stress level , the latter by way of factors like heart rate , blood pressure , and salivary cortisol ( a stress hormone ) .
It 's also why our defensiveness is so predictable and so counterproductive .
这也是为什么我们的防御性如此的可预见,如此的适得其反。
Similarly , it has been found that people low in defensiveness have more experiences of love than do highly defensive people .
同样地,已经发现防御性低的人比高防御性的人有更多爱的体验。
The study of defensiveness and stress was carried out at the montreal heart institute , where researchers evaluated 81 men and 118 women aged 20 to 64 years .