The Relationship Between Sexual Identification and the Use of Defense Mechanisms
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 42 (1) , 63-73
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4201_9
Abstract
A distinction is made between two levels of sexual identification. The deeper level was measured by May's Deprivation/Enhancement fantasy pattern, while the surface level was assessed using the Masculinity-Femininity of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. These measures, while clearly differentiating between college males and females, were found to be unrelated to each other. Moreover, the deeper level was found to be related to the use of "masculine" and "feminine" defense mechanisms.Keywords
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