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The book is focused on defense mechanisms as theoretical constructs as well as the possibilities of their empirical registration by different methods, and the application of these constructs in different fields of psychology with special regard to concurrent and predictive validity. It is argued that defense mechanisms are in many ways to be seen as integrative constructs, not necessarily restricted to psychoanalytic theory and that the potential fields of their application have a wide ranging scope, comprising many fields of psychology. Consequently empirical studies are presented from the fields of clinical and personality psychology, psychotherapy research and psychosomatic phenomena and diseases. Methodological questions have a heavy weight in most of these studies. - Provides coverage of relevant literature - Covers different fields of application - Attempts an integration of the contstruct of defense mechanisms into mainstream psychology - Provides explanations of the theoretical basis of the construct of defense mechanisms
What is the scientific status and the "truth value" of the concept of defense mechanisms? Among contemporary psychologists, three types of answers to this question may be expected. Some would wholeheartedly endorse the theoretical, clinical, and research value of this notion; others would reject it outright. Between these two extremes, a large number of observers, perhaps the majority, would suspend their judgment. Their attitude, compounded of hope and doubt, would capitalize on defense as an interesting and promising concept. At the same time, these psy chologists would express skepticism and disappointment over its clinical limitations, theoretical ambiguity, and research failures. The pr...
In dem Lehrbuch geben Experten und Expertinnen aus Forschung, Lehre und Praxis einen umfassenden Einblick in die Psychologie der Gesundheitsförderung. In 70 Kapiteln wird das psychologische Wissen zur Gesundheitsförderung an der Schnittstelle zu Medizin, Soziologie und Pädagogik präsentiert. Ein breites Spektrum an Settings, altersgruppenspezifischen Themen sowie Erkrankungs- und Störungsbildern wird aus der Perspektive des aktuellen biopsychosozialen Gesundheitsverständnisses und unter Berücksichtigung unterschiedlicher Formen der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention beleuchtet.Aus dem InhaltVerständnis von Gesundheit Zentrale Begriffe und Konstrukte der Gesundheitsförderung Model...