TY - JOUR
T1 - Conceptualizing defense mechanisms from drive theory and object relations perspectives
AU - Juni, Samuel
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Analyzing common defensive features from dual theoretical perspectives, repression is postulated as the underlying mechanism, and is differentiated from denial and suppression. Acting out and intrapunitiveness are interpreted as polar options within displacement. Drive theory and object relations implications are outlined in the conceptualization of intellectualization, reaction formation, and projection, particularly as they are elaborated by basic tenets in defense theory.
AB - Analyzing common defensive features from dual theoretical perspectives, repression is postulated as the underlying mechanism, and is differentiated from denial and suppression. Acting out and intrapunitiveness are interpreted as polar options within displacement. Drive theory and object relations implications are outlined in the conceptualization of intellectualization, reaction formation, and projection, particularly as they are elaborated by basic tenets in defense theory.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1024799227265
DO - 10.1023/A:1024799227265
M3 - Review article
C2 - 9220035
AN - SCOPUS:0030802062
SN - 0002-9548
VL - 57
SP - 149
EP - 166
JO - American Journal of Psychoanalysis
JF - American Journal of Psychoanalysis
IS - 2
ER -