Defense Mechanisms Volume 136 Theoretical, Research and Clinical Perspectives

Content: 
Preface
Pages v-vii
Uwe Hentschel, Juris G. Draguns, Gudmund Smith, Wolfram Ehlers

Chapter 1 Defense mechanisms: current approaches to research and measurement Original Research Article
Pages 3-41
Uwe Hentschel, Juris G. Draguns, Wolfram Ehlers, Gudmund Smith

Chapter 2 A critical perspective on defense mechanisms Original Research Article
Pages 43-54
Paul Kline

Chapter 3 Defense mechanisms in the clinic, the laboratory, and the social world: Toward closing the gaps Original Research Article
Pages 55-75
Juris G. Draguns

Chapter 4 What is a mechanism of defense? Original Research Article
Pages 77-90
Hans Sjöbäck

Chapter 5 Percept-genesis and the study of defensive processes Original Research Article
Pages 91-103
Bert Westerlundh

Chapter 6 Defense mechanisms and cognitive styles in projective techniques and other diagnostic instruments Original Research Article
Pages 107-127
Falk Leichsenring

Chapter 7 Percept-genetic identification of defense Original Research Article
Pages 129-152
J.W. Smith Gudmund, Uwe Hentschel

Chapter 8 Contributions to the construct validity of the defense mechanism test Original Research Article
Pages 153-163
Barbara E. Saitner

Chapter 9 Studying defense mechanisms in psychotherapy using the defense mechanism rating scales Original Research Article
Pages 165-192
J.Christopher Perry, Melissa Henry

Chapter 10 The motivational and cognitive determinants of defense mechanisms Original Research Article
Pages 195-238
Shulamith Kreitler, Hans Kreitler

Chapter 11 Repressive coping style and the significance of verbal-autonomic response dissociations Original Research Article
Pages 239-278
Andreas Schwerdtfeger, Carl-Walter Kohlmann

Chapter 12 Perceptual and emotional aspects of psychophysiological individuality Original Research Article
Pages 279-284
Fernando Lolas

Chapter 13 A psychodynamic activation study of female oedipal fantasies using subliminal and percept-genetic techniques Original Research Article
Pages 285-301
Bert Westerlundh

Chapter 14 Adaptation to boredom and stress: The effects of defense mechanisms and concept formation on attentional performance in situations with inadequate stimulation Original Research Article
Pages 303-323
Uwe Hentschel, Manfred Kiessling, Arn Hosemann

Chapter 15 Stress, autonomic nervous system reactivity, and defense mechanisms Original Research Article
Pages 325-349
Phebe Cramer

Chapter 16 Clinical evaluation of structure and process of defense mechanism before and during psychoanalytic treatment Original Research Article
Pages 353-391
Wolfram Ehlers

Chapter 17 The measurement of ego defenses in clinical research Original Research Article
Pages 393-414
Hope R. Conte, Robert Plutchik, Juris G. Draguns

Chapter 18 Patterns of adaptation and percept-genetic defenses Original Research Article
Pages 415-430
I. Alex Rubino, Alberto Siracusano

Chapter 19 Intellectual performance and defense mechanisms in depression Original Research Article
Pages 431-451
Uwe Hentschel, Manfred Kiessling, Heidi Teubner-Berg, Herbert Dreier

Chapter 20 Defense mechanisms and hope as protective factors in physical and mental disorders Original Research Article
Pages 453-476
Louis A. Gottschalk, Janny Fronczek, Robert J. Bechtel

Chapter 21 Defense mechanisms and physical health Original Research Article
Pages 477-519
Shulamith Kreitler

Chapter 22 Patients confronted with a life-threatening situation: The importance of defense mechanisms in patients facing bone marrow transplantation. An empirical approach Original Research Article
Pages 521-534
Norbert Grulke, Harald Bailer, Heidi Caspari-Oberegelsbacher, Vera Heitz, Alexandra Juchems, Volker Tschuschke, Horst Kächele

Chapter 23 Defense mechanisms, life style, and hypertension Original Research Article
Pages 537-555
Uwe Hentschel, Frits J. Bekker

Chapter 24 In defense of obesity Original Research Article
Pages 557-579
Olof Rydén

Chapter 25 An experimental study of severe eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa) Original Research Article
Pages 581-596
Per Johnsson, Gudmund J.W. Smith, Gunilla Amnér

Chapter 26 Defense organizations and coping in the course of chronic disease: A study on Crohn\'s disease Original Research Article
Pages 597-607
Joachim Küchenhoff

Chapter 27 Defense mechanisms and their psychophysiological correlates Original Research Article
Pages 611-633
Uwe Hentschel, Gudmund Smith, Juris G. Draguns

Index
Pages 635-642

Contributors
Pages 643-646