Sexual responsivity and ego defenses.
High- and low-sexual responders to a double-entendre word association test were found to differ in defensive preference on the Defense Mechanisms Inventory. Low responders preferred avoidant defenses (reversal and principalization), and high responders preferred approach defenses (turning against object and projection). Results also suggested a consistency of defensive orientation over different situations.
D000339:Affect; D003291:Conversion Disorder; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D004208:Displacement, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011385:Projection; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D012723:Sex; D014936:Word Association Tests