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The Hierarchy of Defense Mechanisms: Assessing Defensive Functioning With the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-Sort

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
The psychodynamic concept of defense mechanisms is nowadays considered by professionals with various theoretical orientations of great importance in the understanding of human development and psychological functioning. More than half century of empirical
Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, J. Christopher Perry   +1 more
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Defense Mechanisms [PDF]

, 1990
Presents a letter to the editor referencing the article "The Nefarious East," published in the September 24 issue of this periodical.
Bhagwati, Jagdish N.
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Cellular defense mechanisms against asbestos fibers [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
Although inhalation of sufficient doses and dimensions of airborne asbestos dusts in an occupational setting can produce cancer in the lungs, pleura and peritoneum, tumors occur in <5–10% of exposed individuals, even among persons with considerable ...
Christy A. Barlow, Brooke T. Mossman
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Rvi6-mediated defense mechanisms against apple scab [PDF]

BMC Plant Biology
Background Apple scab, caused by the hemibiotrophic fungus Venturia inaequalis (cooke) Wint., is a globally prevalent disease that severely threatens apple yield and fruit quality.
Aoxing Chen, Hongyang Guo, Heng Jiang, Wenmao Yang, Xianpu Wang, Lili Xu   +5 more
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Defense mechanisms and inflammatory bowel diseases: a narrative review [PDF]

Research in Psychotherapy
Growing evidence highlights the crucial role of defense mechanisms in the context of chronic diseases. However, few studies have evaluated the impact of these implicit emotion regulation strategies on the adaptation processes related to inflammatory ...
Orlando Silvestro, Carmelo M. Vicario, Ludovico Costa, Giorgio Sparacino, Trine Lund-Jacobsen, Chiara A. M. Spatola, Emanuele M. Merlo, Anna Viola, Concetto M. Giorgianni, Antonino Catalano, Walter Fries, Gianluca Lo Coco, Gabriella Martino   +12 more
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Gastrointestinal defense mechanisms [PDF]

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2016
To summarize and illuminate the recent findings regarding gastroduodenal mucosal defense mechanisms and the specific biomolecules involved in regulating this process, such as glucagon-like peptides (GLPs).There has been a growing interest in luminal nutrient chemosensing and its physiological effects throughout the digestive system.
Said, Hyder, Kaunitz, Jonathan D
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The effectiveness of mindfulness training program on the defense mechanisms of MS patients [PDF]

Journal of Research in Psychopathology, 2021
Multiple sclerosis is a progressive and degenerative disease of the myelin sheath of nerve cells in the central nervous system. MS patients have much higher levels of psychological disorders than healthy individuals that affect their quality of life ...
Heman mahmoudfakhe, Pariya Sohrabi, Arman Amani   +2 more
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A new microtubule-stabilizing agent shows potent antiviral effects against African swine fever virus with no cytotoxicity

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2021
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the causal agent of a fatal disease of domestic swine for which no effective antiviral drugs are available. Recently, it has been shown that microtubule-targeting agents hamper the infection cycle of different viruses.
Samvel Sirakanyan, Erik Arabyan, Astghik Hakobyan, Tamara Hakobyan, Garri Chilingaryan, Harutyun Sahakyan, Arsen Sargsyan, Grigor Arakelov, Karen Nazaryan, Roza Izmailyan, Liana Abroyan, Zaven Karalyan, Elina Arakelova, Elmira Hakobyan, Anush Hovakimyan, Andre Serobian, Marco Neves, João Ferreira, Fernando Ferreira, Hovakim Zakaryan   +19 more
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The Relationship between Depression with Cognitive Fusion and Defense Mechanisms [PDF]

Journal of Modern Psychology, 2023
Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the world, so it is important to know it as well as possible to design interventions to reduce it in society.
Fateme Rabiei
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Assessing children’s defense mechanisms with the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-sort for Children

Research in Psychotherapy, 2021
Defense mechanisms are unconscious and automatic psychological processes that serve to protect the individual from painful emotions and thoughts. There is ample evidence from the adult psychotherapy and mental health literature suggesting the salience of
Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, Tracy A. Prout, Lauren Ammar, Thomas Kui, Ciro Conversano   +4 more
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