摘要：background One of the main components of psychological conversation that influence communication is psychological defen_siveness.In the paper I propose processual – situational understanding of defensiveness,and its measurement based on coding system.Preliminary results on link be_tween personality traits and defensiveness in people’s nar?ratives are presented as well.participants and procedure To test proposed coding system,study was conducted with participants presenting different levels of personali?ty organization’s (borderline: n = 35,20 women,M = 26.09,SD = 4.82,neurotic: n = 29,24 women,M = 25.90,SD = 5.25,integrated: n = 31,26 women,M = 21.94,SD = 1.69).Correlation method was applied (Borderline Personality Inventory,Neuroticism Scale,Emotion Control Inventory),as well as narrative’s interviews.Participants’ statements were cod?ed by competent judges (defensiveness and coherence of narratives),and by automatic lexical analyses (descriptive indicators).results Results indicate that proposed defensiveness coding sys?tem is a set of heterogeneous indicators,and four groups of indicators could be extracted.Correlations between those indicators and expression control (positive relation),and coherence of narratives (negative relation).Moreover,differences between borderline participants and neurotic ones emerged.conclusions Proposed coding system seems to be a heterogeneous but useful tool for assessing defensiveness during psychologi?cal interviews.It could be applied as an element of a pro?cedural control measures,directed to test the reliability of psychological conversation.
