Juni S
Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, NY, USA.
Am J Psychoanal. 1997 Jun;57(2):149-66. doi: 10.1023/a:1024799227265.
Analyzing common defensive features from dual theoretical perspectives, repression is postulated as the underlying mechanism, and is differentiated from denial and suppression. Acting out and intrapunitiveness are interpreted as polar options within displacement. Drive theory and object relations implications are outlined in the conceptualization of intellectualization, reaction formation, and projection, particularly as they are elaborated by basic tenets in defense theory.
