Ego defenses and the legitimation of behavior
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Ego defenses and the legitimation of behavior
(The Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association)
Cambridge University Press, 1988
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Bibliography: p. 217-228
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Guy Swanson argues that modern psychology has placed undue emphasis on the roles that psychological defenses play in neurosis, thereby obscuring their true nature and origins. He maintains that defenses are a routine and effective part of ordinary social behaviour.
Table of Contents
- To anticipate what follows
- ego defenses in everyday life
- defenses and sources of danger
- social foundations of complexity in defense
- interpretations of ten defenses - theory and evidence
- extensions, explorations, and conclusions. Appendices: Supplementary tables
- development of scores on disciplinary practices
- social foundations of personal development
- interpretations of four more defenses
- another categorization of defenses
- further analyses of two sets of factor.
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