The Hierarchy of Defense Mechanisms: Assessing Defensive Functioning
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8555762/
WEBOct 15, 2021 · The psychodynamic concept of defense mechanisms, defined as automatic psychological mechanisms that mediate the individual’s reaction to emotional conflicts and to internal or external stressors ( American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Perry, 2014 ), has been extensively studied since its first appearance in Freud’s psychoanalytic theory …
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