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Details for article 16 of 18 found articles
| Title: |
The development of psychological-mindedness: Children's understanding of defense mechanisms |
| Author: |
Dollinger, Stephen J. McGuire, Beth |
| Appeared in: |
Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology |
| Paging: | Volume 10 (1981) nr. 2 pages 117-121 |
| Year: |
1981 |
| Contents: |
Questions addressed by this study included: “how well do children understand and how do they evaluate defense mechanisms in other children?”; “how does defense understanding relate to perceptions of defensiveness?”; and “do egocentric children have greater difficulty understanding defenses?”; To answer such questions, a sample of children were presented with seven stories illustrating defense mechanisms in “make-believe”; peers. Children were asked to explain each story character's behavior and evaluate defensive characters for goodness, smartness, happiness, and likableness. Age trends reflected increasing defense understanding with age. Children who better rnderstood defenses were less egocentric. Externalizing defenses (projection, displacement) were perceived in highly unfavorable terms while an internalizing defense (self-blame) was viewed more positively. Surprisingly, defense understanding related inversely to the favorability of children's evaluations of the defensive peer. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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