The Defense Style Questionnaire: A Psychometric Examination

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Spinhoven ◽  
Hendrikus A.E. van Gaalen ◽  
Robbert E. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Defense Style ◽  
Defense Style Questionnaire

Reliability and Validity of the Defense-Style Questionnaire-40

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaclyn Bleski ◽  
Adrienne Matta ◽  
Katie Thorpe ◽  
Wilson McDermut
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Defense Style ◽  
Defense Style Questionnaire

scholarly journals Countertransference in the initial visit of women victims of sexual violence

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Eizirik ◽  
Sidnei Schestatsky ◽  
Letícia Kruel ◽  
Lúcia Helena Freitas Ceitlin
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Women Victims ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Inverse Correlation ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Defense Style ◽  
Defense Style Questionnaire ◽  
Differential Pattern ◽  
Female Therapists

OBJECTIVE: To identify demographic and clinical correlates associated with therapists' countertransference feelings on the first visit of women victims of sexual violence. METHOD: Forty patients were seen by 26 therapists, during 2 consecutive years, at the Center for the Study and Treatment of Psychological Trauma, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre , Brazil. After the first visit with the patient, the therapist completed the Assessment of Countertransference Scale and the patient was evaluated with the Davidson Trauma Scale, the Standardized Assessment of Personality - Abbreviated Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Defense Style Questionnaire. RESULTS:The therapists showed a predominance of feelings of closeness (Mean = 5.42, SD = 1.25) in relation to the feelings of indifference (Mean = 1.82, SD = 1.22) and distance (Mean = 1.57, SD = 1.08) [p < 0.001]. Multivariate analyses did not present significant associations between countertransference feelings and clinical characteristics of patients. The gender of the therapists did not influence the pattern of countertransference feelings. In the subgroup of female therapists, we detected an inverse correlation between a higher probability of patients' personality disorders and feelings of closeness in the therapists. CONCLUSION: We did not detect a differential pattern of countertransference feelings associated with specific clinical characteristics. Therapists of both genders presented a similar pattern of feelings of empathy towards women victims of sexual violence, although the gender of the therapist may moderate the feelings evoked by patients with increased likelihood of personality disorders.

scholarly journals Versão brasileira do Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) de Michael Bond: problemas e soluções

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-160
Author(s):  
Mônica Andrade ◽  
Itiro Shirakawa
Keyword(s):  
Defense Style ◽  
Defense Style Questionnaire

O Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) é um instrumento para avaliação de derivados conscientes dos mecanismos de defesa do ego, desenvolvido e validado por Michael Bond em 1983 no Canadá. O presente trabalho consistiu da tradução e adaptação desse instrumento para o português, assim como do estudo de confiabilidade estatística da tradução em relação ao original. MÉTODOS: A tradução foi feita por um grupo de profissionais (psiquiatras, psicólogos e professores de inglês) segundo a técnica de retrotradução. O estudo da confiabilidade da tradução foi realizado em uma amostra de 51 bilíngües (inglês/português), os quais responderam aos testes nas duas versões (original e traduzida). A análise estatística da consistência interna e das correlações item por item e sujeito por sujeito, assim como entre os escores médios de cada uma das formas (original e traduzida), demonstrou que as duas versões são equivalentes e, portanto, a tradução para o português é precisa. Foram ainda avaliadas as abstenções às respostas e a taxa de concordância entre as versões. RESULTADOS E CONCLUSÃO: Todos os resultados foram bastante satisfatórios e estatisticamente significantes, o que nos permite concluir que o instrumento traduzido é adequado para uso no Brasil.

Defense Style Questionnaire--40

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin Andrews ◽  
Michelle Singh ◽  
Michael Bond
Keyword(s):  
Defense Style ◽  
Defense Style Questionnaire

Defense Style Questionnaire 72

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin Andrews ◽  
Christopher Pollock ◽  
Gavin Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Defense Style ◽  
Defense Style Questionnaire

Relationship between defense mechanisms and psychopathic traits in an Internet sample

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-282
Author(s):  
Sandra Weber ◽  
William H. Gottdiener ◽  
Cordelia Chou
Keyword(s):  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychopathic Personality ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Personality Profile ◽  
Defense Style ◽  
Defense Style Questionnaire ◽  
Internet Sample

The authors compared the defense mechanisms used by a community sample of people with and without self-reported psychopathic traits. Defense mechanisms were assessed using the Defense Style Questionnaire-60 and psychopathy was assessed using the Levinson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale in a sample of 225 adults recruited on the Internet. Results found that people with self-reported psychopathy traits used significantly more immature and neurotic defense mechanisms than people without a psychopathic personality profile. All participants reported equal use of mature defenses.

scholarly journals Psychological Distress after a Diagnosis of Malignant Mesothelioma in a Group of Patients and Caregivers at the National Priority Contaminated Site of Casale Monferrato

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Bonafede ◽  
Antonella Granieri ◽  
Alessandra Binazzi ◽  
Carolina Mensi ◽  
Federica Grosso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Malignant Mesothelioma ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Contaminated Site ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Defense Style ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Defense Style Questionnaire ◽  
National Priority ◽  
Adaptive Processes

Background: Patients of malignant mesothelioma (MM) and their caregivers face significant physical and psychological challenges. The purpose of the present study is to examine the emotional impact after the diagnosis of MM in a group of patients and familial caregivers in a National Priority Contaminated Site (NPCS). Methods: A sample of 108 patients and 94 caregivers received a sociodemographic/clinical questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory II, the Davidson Trauma Scale, the Coping Orientation to the Problems Experienced—New Italian Version, and the Defense style questionnaire. The risk of depressive and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in relation to the strategies of coping and defense mechanisms was estimated in patients and caregivers separately by logistic regression models. Results: For patients, a high risk of depression was associated with high usage of Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) Isolation (OR: 53.33; 95% CI: 3.22–882.30; p = 0.01) and DSQ Somatization (OR: 16.97; 95% CI: 1.04–275.90; p = 0.05). Other significant risks emerged for some coping strategies and some defenses regarding both depression and trauma in patients and caregivers. Conclusions: This research suggests that for both patients and caregivers unconscious adaptive processes have a central role in dealing with overwhelming feelings related to the disease.

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