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An Empirical Test of the Drama Triangle

Pages 145-148
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The drama triangle is often used to make post-hoc explanations of behavior. The present study, which used 90 college students as subjects, was conducted to test the concept of the drama triangle in a laboratory setting. It was hypothesized that subjects would be more likely to volunteer for a second task when the experimenter remained in the “Victim” role than when she switched from “Victim” to “Persecutor.” The data obtained support this hypothesis.

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Joan L. Fain

Thomas L. Pasternack, PhD, RM, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Joan L. Fain, AB, was a student at Randolph-Macon Woman's College when the research for this article was conducted.