Defence Mechanisms versus Coping Mechanisms in Students

Authors

  • Valentina Elisabeta Constantin Polytechnic National University of Science and Technology, Bucharest,  Romania Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63331/upasw/31/10

Keywords:

Defence mechanisms, coping mechanism

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the cognitive defense mechanisms of students and the coping mechanisms used by students and the correlation between them. The research of the paper includes: a proper investigative part using as main methods: a COPE questionnaire - elaborated by Carver, Scheier and Weintraub, and the evaluation scale of cognitive defense mechanisms-SEMCA (elaborated by Mircea Miclea, 1999). The conceptual bases of the work were the following psychological concepts: Theories related to coping mechanisms and cognitive defense mechanisms (Folkman, 1985) (Freud S., 2005) (Freud A., 2002), (Iosifescu, 2002); (Miclea, 1997).

Author Biography

  • Valentina Elisabeta Constantin, Polytechnic National University of Science and Technology, Bucharest,  Romania

    University assistant PhD, Polytechnic National University of Science and Technology, Bucharest,  Romania

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Miclea, Mihai. Stres şi apărare psihică. Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujană, 1997.

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17-05-2025

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Vol. 31 (2024): Anuarul Universităţii “Petre Andrei” din Iaşi Fascicula: Asistenţă Socială, Sociologie, Psihologie

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Constantin, V. E. . (2025). Defence Mechanisms versus Coping Mechanisms in Students. Anuarul Universitatii Petre Andrei Din Iasi - Fascicula: Asistenta Sociala, Sociologie, Psihologie, 31, 110-120. https://doi.org/10.63331/upasw/31/10