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Defense Mechanisms and Psychological Adjustment in Childhood

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2003
The association between maturity of defense use and psychological functioning was assessed in a group of 95 elementary school children. Defense mechanisms were measured using a valid and reliable storytelling task, and psychological adjustment was assessed through a combination of parent and self-report questionnaires.
Marlene J, Sandstrom, Phebe, Cramer
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Comparison of Three Psychological Defense Mechanism Questionnaires

Journal of Personality Assessment, 1981
The Defense Mechanisms Inventory (DMI), the Coping Operations Preference Enquiry (COPE), and the scales developed by Joffe and Naditch (J&N) were compared using multitrait-multimethod logic. Convergent validity was tow as measures of the same defense were not highly correlated across instruments.
R R, Vickers, L K, Hervig
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Peculiarities of psychological defense mechanisms’ manifestations among educators

Conferinţa ştiinţifică internaţională "Învățământul superior: tradiţii, valori, perspective", 1-2 octombrie, 2022. Vol. 2, 2022
The purpose of the article is to present a psychological analysis of the features of the mechanisms of psychological protection manifested by educators. The study analyzes theoretical approaches to studying the functioning of psychological defense mechanisms, including the approach of classical psychoanalysis, Neo-Freudianism, Transactional analysis ...
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Verbal Behavior Analysis and Psychological Defense Mechanisms

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1974
Using our method of verbal behavior analysis we have demonstrated significant differences between the speech pattern of 17 compulsive psychiatric patients and that of a normal control group. Compared to the control subjects the compulsive patients did more explaining and used more negatives, retractors, and evaluators; they also used fewer nonpersonal ...
W, Weintraub, H, Aronson
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Features of Manifestation of Psychological Defense Mechanisms of Penal Employees

Juridical Psychology, 2023
The article analyzes issues related to the consideration of psychological defense mechanisms used by employees of the penitentiary system in their professional activities. The subject of the article was the results of a psychodiagnostic study. The purpose of the study is to study the features of the manifestation of psychological defense mechanisms ...
Yulia A. Sokolova, Natalya A. Samoylik
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Defense mechanisms in psychology today: Further processes for adaptation.

American Psychologist, 2000
Although the concept of the defense mechanism was rejected from academic psychology for a number of years, recent empirical studies show renewed interest in defenses. Cognitive psychologists have confirmed the existence of unconscious psychological processes, a requisite for defenses.
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Psychological defense mechanisms, motivation and the use of tobacco

Personality and Individual Differences, 2006
Abstract Consistent with Eysenck’s Diathesis-Stress Theory, smokers and smokeless tobacco users (SLT-Users) were found in previous research to have higher EPQ Neuroticism and Psychoticism scores than non-users. The present study investigated the influence of psychological defense mechanisms and motivational factors on the use of tobacco products by ...
Charles D. Spielberger, Eric C. Reheiser
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENSE MECHANISMS AND THEIR DIAGNOSTIC METHODS

This study presents information on the psychological analysis of psychological defense mechanisms and the use of psychological diagnostic methods. Based on this information, it is stated that psychological diagnostic methods can be used to eliminate psychological problems and improve the mental state of a person.
Khudaybergenova Ugiljon Safarbay qizi, Shokirova Shahlo Davronbek qizi   +1 more
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Disturbed Children's and Adolescents' Comprehension of Psychological Mechanisms of Defense

The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1990
This study examined the role of Piagetian logical and analytical reasoning in the comprehension of psychological defense mechanisms among 26 emotionally disturbed boys. Participants assigned to one of three Piagetian cognitive stages, listened to vignettes depicting defensive behaviors of various degrees of logical and structural complexity.
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The development of psychological‐mindedness: Children's understanding of defense mechanisms

Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 1981
Abstract Questions addressed by this study included: “how well do children understand and how do they evaluate defense mechanisms in other children?”; “how does defense understanding relate to perceptions of defensiveness?”; and “do egocentric children have greater difficulty understanding defenses?”; To answer such questions, a sample of children were
Stephen J. Dollinger, Beth McGuire
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