Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ210487
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Publication Date: 1979
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A Hierarchal System of Defense Mechanisms.
Lee, Gerald
Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, v16 n1 p13-16 Spr 1979
Constructs a hierarchy of defense mechanisms through the addition of the concepts of secondary and tertiary defenses to the already existing psychoanalytic defenses and increases the explanatory power of the concept of defense. Research generated from this theoretical model is presented. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Coping, Persistence, Psychological Patterns, Self Concept, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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