Ego Defenses
Theory and Measurement
by Hope R. Conte, Robert Plutchik
340 pages· 1995· ISBN 9780471052333
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Explores the nature and manifestations of defense mechanisms--repression, displacement, denial, etc. Traces ego defense theory and research from Freud's initial conceptualization through recent work in object-relations theory and other psychoanalytically-oriented approaches. Renowned contributors provide the rationale for their measurement techniques, describe them in detail, offer reliability and validity data along with illustrations of usefulness.
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