Abstract
This paper reports on an empirical study of defense mechanisms in 60 psychiatric inpatients. Eight defenses - compensation, denial, displacement, intellectualization, projection, reaction formation, regression, and repression - were studied in the context of a two-stage model of suicidal and violent behavior. The results showed that use of regression as a defense differentiated suicidal from nonsuicidal patients, and use of displacement differentiated violent from nonviolent patients. Repression tended to turn aggression inward, and projection and denial turned aggression outward.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1027-1031 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | American Journal of Psychiatry |
| Volume | 146 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1989 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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