Defense styles associated with specific anxiety disorders.
The Defense Style Questionnaire was administered to control subjects from the general population (N = 204) and to patients with DSM-III panic disorder (N = 39), agoraphobia (N = 39), social phobia (N = 23), or obsessive-compulsive disorder (N = 18). A specific pattern of defenses was associated with each anxiety disorder.
Pollock
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Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, University of New South Wales at St. Vincent's Hospital, Australia.
Andrews
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D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology