objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between defense mechanisms and adaptation strategies on psychological well-being of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in shiraz.   method: the design  was  a correlative study. samples of 80 patients aged 18 to 40 years, at least primary school level and also in the final stages of life were selected. this study...

BACKGROUND Depression disorder is the most prevalent neuropsychiatric disorder associated with epilepsy, and a correlation has been detected between depression and suicide. There is a relationship between suicidal behavior and coping mechanisms; therefore, it is important to undertake psychoanalytic psychotherapy to reduce depressive symptoms. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the Coping Mechanisms, Dep...

Displacement, product shift, and rationalization are coping mechanisms that can be adopted in response to crowding and conflict in outdoor recreation. Using survey methods, this SNdy found relatively high levels of adoption of coping mechanisms by residents of communities in and around Acadia National Park. Maine in response to perceived increases in 1) overall recreation use levels, 2) selecte...

regarding the utilization of cultural and religious beliefs in the treatment of physical and mental disorders, this article presents the cases of 3 iranian psychiatric patients with severe physical and mental symptoms, preceded by a long history of different psychiatric treatments. these cases illustrate that bu relying on patients religious beliefs and faith, the therapist can increase his / h...

Previous studies have examined either coping strategies or defense mechanisms; however, few have considered both. This research examined age differences in the type of defense mechanisms and coping strategies that people employ. In addition, gender differences, personality and environmental variables were taken into account. The three age groups used in this study included: 17-23 year olds, 40-...

This conceptual paper aims to demonstrate how employees’ behavioural reactions to organisational wrongdoing serve as a coping response designed to reduce the stress associated with witnessing or experiencing wrongdoing. To this end, a model of employees’ coping responses is presented that extends Lazarus and Folkman’s transactional process theory of stress and Affective Events Theory to investi...

This study examined longitudinal changes in coping and defense mechanisms in an ageand genderstratified sample of 392 European-American adults. Nonlinear age-related changes were found for the coping mechanisms of sublimation and suppression and the defense mechanisms of intellectualization, doubt, displacement, and regression. The change trajectories for sublimation and suppression showed that...