Citation

Andrews G, Singh MK, Bond M. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 1993; 181(4): 246-256.

Affiliation

School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8473876

Abstract

The Defense Style Questionnaire has proven of interest as the first questionnaire to reliably describe defense styles. The 72-item DSM-III-R-labeled Defense Style Questionnaire was administered to 388 controls and 324 patients. Eight statistical and two a priori criteria were used in choosing two items to represent each of the 20 defenses. A new 40-item Defense Style Questionnaire is published together with normative and reliability data on a normal population, patients with anxiety disorders, and child-abusing parents. The scores are unaffected by the sex of the respondent, but the endorsement of immature defense styles decreases with age.

Language: en