title: Choice of defense mechanisms by Indian and white adolescents.
abstract: An analysis of Defense Mechanism Inventory scores from Indian and white adolescents indicated some cultural differences. Differences between white, male-female performance scores were found in all five defense catagories. Differences between Indian, male-female performance scores were found for three of the five defense categories. Indian-white differences were found only for males and involved the two categories of turning against object and reversal. It was concluded that Indian child-rearing practices and culture may foster the development of reversal type defenses and inhibit the development of turning against object type defense within Indian males.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D009825:Oklahoma; D011385:Projection; D011908:Rationalization; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D044465:White People