Author : Hope R. Conte
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471052333
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Ego Defenses by : Hope R. Conte
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.