Abstract:Adaptive configuration and maturity levei of defense mechanisms Among the Ego-owned resources to garantee the adaptive stability, stand out the defense mechanisms. This theoretical concept instilled the present research which tried to determine the relations between a measure of adaptive configuration of subjects who sought for psychoanalytic psychotherapy and the maturity levels of the defense mechanisms used. For this, two scales developed from clinical experience, were employed: Escala DiagnósticaAdaptativa… Show more
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