The Relationship Among Defense Mechanisms, Depression and Anxiety

dc.contributor.advisorDr. John Astin
dc.contributor.authorZAINAB YOUSEF ALANGARI
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-01T00:33:24Z
dc.date.available2022-06-01T00:33:24Z
dc.degree.departmentClinical Psychology
dc.degree.grantorNotre Dame de Namur University
dc.description.abstractThis study quantitatively explores the relationship among defenses mechanisms, depression and anxiety. The sample was 84% female and 16% male between the ages of 18 and 50. There were three types (factors) of defenses mechanisms. Factor 1 refers to “Image Distorting Defenses” such as displacement, undoing, acting out, passive aggression, help rejecting complaining, projective identification, splitting “other, self”, projection and idealization.” Factor 2 consisted of “Affect Regulating Defenses” including isolation, intellectualization, devaluation, repression, dissociation, suppression, denial, affiliation, fantasy, withdrawal. Factor 3 represented “Positive, Adaptive Defenses that included rationalization, self-assertion, altruism, humor, omnipotence, self-observation, anticipation, sublimation, reaction formation. Statistically significant correlations were found between the constellation of Factor 1 defenses and both depression and anxiety.
dc.identifier.urihttps://drepo.sdl.edu.sa/handle/20.500.14154/53920
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleThe Relationship Among Defense Mechanisms, Depression and Anxiety
sdl.thesis.levelMaster
sdl.thesis.sourceSACM - United States of America

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