[Denial in adolescence. Some contradictory aspects].
Adolescents are simultaneously subject to extremely divergent feelings of strength and of weakness and dependency, aggravated by intense regressive longings. In order to tolerate and master these feelings, adolescents commonly employ the defense of denial. This may result in splitting. A case except shows how such a defensive strategy may hinder or further psychic development.
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D000293:Adolescent; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*
Verleugnung in der Adoleszenz. Einige widersprüchliche Aspekte.