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regression (defense)
is a kind of:
mechanism
»
defense mechanism
safety device
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defense mechanism
mechanism
»
defense mechanism
»
immature defense mechanism
safety device
»
defense mechanism
»
immature defense mechanism
Through this
defense mechanism
one attempts, often unsuccessfully, to avoid
anxiety
by reversion to a more primitive developmental adaptation.
This term appears in...
psychoanalysis
psychodynamic psychotherapy
includes:
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regression in the service of the ego
vegetative retreat
See also:
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psychoanalysis
psychodynamic psychotherapy
regression
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