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The scientific status of the defence mechanism test: a reply to Kline
1Department of Psychology, University of Ulster, Londonderry, UK.
The British Journal of Medical Psychology
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
The Defence Mechanism Test, one of the better validated techniques for studying the operation of Freudian defences, has recently been impugned on theoretical grounds. This paper reconsiders two of the most telling points made by Kline (1987) and concludes that his alternative explanations are not well supported by theory or experiment.