Ego Defenses
Author | : Hope R. Conte |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : 0471052337 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780471052333 |
Rating | : 4/5 (333 Downloads) |
Download or read book Ego Defenses written by Hope R. Conte and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1995 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.