The ego and the mechanisms of defence. (1992)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Ich und die Abwehrmechanismen.
• Further Information: Note: Anna Freud.
• Other Names: Freud, Anna, 1895-1982; Institute of Psycho-analysis (Great Britain)
• Contents: Part 1: Theory of the Mechanisms of Defense: 1. The ego as the seat of observation -- 2. The application of analytic technique to the study the psychic institutions -- 3. The Ego's defensive operations considered as an object of analysis -- 4. The mechanisms of defense -- 5. Orientation of the processes of defense according to the source of anxiety and danger -- Part 11: Examples of the avoidance of objective unpleasure and objective danger prelinary stages of defense 6. Denial in fantasy -- Denial in world and act -- Restriction of the ego -- Part III: Examples of two types of defense: Identification with aggressor -- A form of altruism -- Part IV: Defense motivated by fear of the strength of the instincts illustrated by the phenomena of puberty 11. The EGO and the ID at puberty -- 12. Instinctual anxiety during puberty -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Edition: Rev. ed
• Publisher Details: London : Karnac Books
• Publication Date: 1992
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 154.2; Psychoanalysis; Psychology; Ego (Psychology); Defence mechanisms (Psychology)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780498973; 1780498977
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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