title: Assessing defense structure in school-age children using the Response Evaluation Measure-71-Youth version (REM-Y-71).
abstract: This study used the Response Evaluation Measure-Youth (REM-Y-71), a self-report measure of 21 defense reactions, among school-age children. Participants were elementary and middle school students (n = 290; grades 3-8; age range: 8-15; mean = 11.73). Factor analysis revealed a 2-factor defense structure consistent with structure among high school and adult samples. The composite REM-Y defense scores for each factor were significant predictors of social desirability, using the Children's Defensiveness Scale (CDS); anxiety, using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC); and psychosocial functioning. This study represents the first cross-sectional empirical analysis of overall defense structure and use among children and early adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305-5719, USA.
authors.forename: Katy B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Medic
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yasnovsky
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steiner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011584:Psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires