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Table 3 Description of defensive mechanisms

From: Interrelation between defensive mechanisms and coping strategies in psychiatry trainees in Romania: a multicenter study

Defensive mechanism

Median

25%

75%

Minimum

Maximum

Superior adaptation

95

86

105

61

129

Disavowal

23

19.5

28

10

52

Mental inhibition

52.5

41

63

28

92

Major distortion

21

14

28

8

51

Minor distortion

20

15

26.5

8

43

Action

27.5

22

36

10

59