Defensive avoidance of disapproval: The relationship of a defensive style to physical and mental health

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-17

  Jorgensen, Randall S ^a   Thibodeau, Ryan ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive avoidance of disapproval; Health; Psychotherapy; Stress

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONFLICT; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERTENSION; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ESCAPE REACTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33847041064     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220601183923     Document Type: Review

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