Ego defenses : theory and measurement / edited by Hope R. Conte and Robert Plutchik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conte, Hope R., 1929-

Plutchik, Robert.

Series:

Einstein psychiatry publication ; no. 10.

Einstein psychiatry publication ; no. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defense mechanisms (Psychology).

Defense mechanisms (Psychology)--Testing.

Defense Mechanisms.

Ego.

Psychoanalytic Therapy--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Defense Mechanisms.

Ego.

Psychoanalytic Therapy--methods.

Physical Description:

xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Wiley, [1995]

Summary:

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.

Notes:

"A Wiley Interscience publication."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0471052337

OCLC:

29910494