Defense Style Questionnaire--40

Bond, Michael; Gardner, Susan T.; Christian, John; Sigal, John J.

doi:10.1037/t20765-000

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“…The DSQ-40 experimentally measures conscious ref lections of unconscious defense styles. The questionnaire developed by Andrews et al [12] is a selfreport scale which includes 40 items associated with 20 defense styles. Each item is scored between 1 and 9, where 1= this does not apply to me, to 9= this is very true in my case.…”

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The relationship between disease severity and defense mechanisms in fibromyalgia syndrome

Berk

Baykara

2020

Turk J Phys Med Rehab

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Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible relationship between the disease severity and defense mechanisms in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and to contribute to the clarification of the etiopathogenesis of FMS. Patients and methods: A total of 103 female patients (mean age: 42.6±10.0 years; range, 20 to 67 years) diagnosed with primary FMS based on the 2016 revised American College of Rheumatology (ACR) diagnostic criteria and without any psychiatric diagnosis were included in the study. A semi-structured sociodemographic and clinical data form was used. The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), Defense Style Questionnaire-40 (DSQ-40), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were applied to all patients. Based on the FIQ scores, the patients were divided into two groups as mild-moderate (<70) and severe (≥70) FMS groups. Results: There were 56 patients in the mild-moderate FMS group and 47 patients in the severe FMS group. As FIQ scores increased, sublimation (r=-0.204, p=0.030) and mature factor (r=-0.229, p=0.020) scores decreased, and projection (r=0.210, p=0.033) and somatization (r=0.287, p=0.003) scores increased. Pseudoaltruism (p=0.043), displacement (p=0.026), and somatization (p=0.021) scores were higher in the severe FMS group. The BDI and BAI scores were also higher in the severe FMS group, compared to the mild-moderate FMS group (p=0.001 and p=0.002, respectively). Conclusion: Our study results show that there is a significant correlation between the increased disease severity, decreased mature defense mechanisms, and increased immature defense mechanisms in FMS patients.

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The relationship between disease severity and defense mechanisms in fibromyalgia syndrome

Berk

Baykara

2020

Turk J Phys Med Rehab

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“…One reason for this is that defense mechanisms are considered to be largely unconscious (they occur without conscious effort and without conscious awareness), with a long-standing tendency, and thus highly resistant to change, whereas coping strategies are considered to involve a conscious and purposeful effort (47). The psychodynamic concept of unconscious defense mechanisms that serve to protect against anxiety and psychic pain (44) offers an additional approach to capturing aspects of coping. Mature defenses are generally thought to operate to protect self-esteem while immature defenses are thought to operate through rigid and excessive distortions to protect the integrity of the self.…”

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“…The immature style consists of twelve defenses (projection, passive-aggression, acting-out, isolation, devaluation, autistic fantasy, denial, displacement, dissociation, splitting, rationalization and somatization). Coefficient-alphas for defense styles are described as moderate (0.58) to high (0.80) (44).…”

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Yatarak Tedavi Gören Alkol Bağımlılarında Kendini Yaralama Davranışı ve Özkıyım Girişimi Öyküsü ile İlişkili Savunma Biçimleri / Defense Styles That Are Related With History Of Self-Mutilation And Suicide Attempt In Alcohol Dependent Inpatients

Evren¹,

Özçetinkay²,

Cagil³

et al. 2012

Dusunen Adam

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Defense styles that are related with history of self-mutilation and suicide attempt in alcohol dependent inpatients Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of defense styles with history of selfmutilation (SM) and suicide attempt (SA) in alcohol dependent inpatients. Method: Participants were consecutively admitted 118 male alcohol dependent inpatients. Patients were investigated with the Self-Mutilative Behavior Questionnaire (SMBQ) and the Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ). Results: Acting-out was higher in alcohol dependent patients with a history of SM (n=53, 44.92%) and predicted SM in this group, together with being younger. On the other hand, sublimation, anticipation and suppression (and total mature defense style score) were lower in alcohol dependent patients with suicide attempt history (n=31, 28.44%), but only low anticipation predicted suicide attempt history in this group together with being younger. Conclusion: These results show that to reduce self-mutilative behaviors and SAs among young alcohol dependent inpatients, therapies should focus on increasing the use of mature defense styles and decreasing the use of immature defense styles.

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“…Four defenses corresponded to the mature factor (sublimation, humor, anticipation, and suppression), four corresponded to the neurotic factor (undoing, pseudo-altruism, idealization, and reaction formation), and 12 corresponded to the immature factor (projection, acting-out, passive aggression, displacement, isolation, d e v a l u a ti o n , a u ti s ti c fa n ta s y , d e n i a l , dissociation, splitting, rationalization, and somatization). [29] A valid Persian version of the DSQ 40 was used in this study. [30] In this sample, the internal consistency reliability of the DSQ was calculated using the scores.…”

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The role of psychiatric symptoms, alexithymia, and maladaptive defenses in patients with functional dyspepsia

Faramarzi¹,

Shokri‐Shirvani²,

Kheirkhah³

2012

Indian J Med Sci

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Defense Style Questionnaire--40

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The relationship between disease severity and defense mechanisms in fibromyalgia syndrome

The relationship between disease severity and defense mechanisms in fibromyalgia syndrome

Yatarak Tedavi Gören Alkol Bağımlılarında Kendini Yaralama Davranışı ve Özkıyım Girişimi Öyküsü ile İlişkili Savunma Biçimleri / Defense Styles That Are Related With History Of Self-Mutilation And Suicide Attempt In Alcohol Dependent Inpatients

The role of psychiatric symptoms, alexithymia, and maladaptive defenses in patients with functional dyspepsia

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