Forty undergraduates, from either beginning or advanced writing classes, and classified as either abstract or concrete thinkers from responses to the "This I Believe" test, provided two works of prose fiction, which were coded for the use of regression techniques. As predicted, abstract thinkers with advanced training were most likely to employ regression. The relations among abstract cognitive style, creative writing training, and literary regression are discussed.
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