What Characterizes Social Defense Systems
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چکیده
A study among school teachers showed that a “social defence system” (Menzies Lyth, 1959) develops in the school in response to a threat to the teacher’s identity. The need for defence stems from emotions experienced by the professional, which are difficult to articulate, cope with and finds solutions to. Together with an external pressure on efficiency a system develops that is resistant to change and prohibit the workers from performing their main tasks. 1 Correspondence to: Ellen Ramvi, University of Stavanger, Faculty of Social Sciences, 4036 Stavanger, Norway. [email protected], Tlf: +4751834271, fax: +4751834150
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