Description
I. Defenses in Everyday Life 1. Introduction 2. Development of Defenses II. A Closer Look at Three Defenses 3. Denial 4. Projection 5. Identification III. Defense Mechanisms in Action 6. Defenses in Childhood: Stress and Psychopathology 7. Stress and Defense Use in Adulthood 8. Defenses and Personality 9. Gender Differences and Defenses 10. Studying Defenses over Time: Longitudinal Studies IV. Defenses and Psychopathology 11. Defenses and Psychopathology in Adult Community and Student Samples 12. Defenses and Psychopathology in Adult Psychiatric Patients 13. Defenses and Psychotherapy 14. Case Studies V. Assessment of Defenses 15. Explaining the Defense Mechanism Manual 16. Other Approaches to Assessing Defense Mechanisms