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Defence Mechanisms versus Coping Mechanisms in Students
Defence Mechanisms versus Coping Mechanisms in Students

Author(s): Valentina Elisabeta Constantin
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Polis Books Publishing House
Keywords: Defence mechanisms; coping mecanism; COPE questionnaire;

Summary/Abstract: The present work aims to analyze the cognitive defense mechanisms of students and the coping mechanisms used by students and the correlation between them. The research of the paper includes: a proper investigative part using as main methods: a COPE questionnaire - elaborated by Carver, Scheier and Weintraub, and the evaluation scale of cognitive defense mechanisms-SEMCA (elaborated by Mircea Miclea, 1999). The conceptual bases of the work were the following psychological concepts: Theories related to coping mechanisms and cognitive defense mechanisms (Folkman, 1985) (Freud S., 2005) (Freud A., 2002), (Iosifescu, 2002); (Miclea, 1997).

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 110-120
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English
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