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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: WebMD - What Are Defense Mechanisms? | Apr 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - 10 Defense Mechanisms: What Are They and How They Help Us Cope. | Dec 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Translational Psychiatry - Approximating defense mechanisms in a national study of adults: prevalence and correlates with functioning. | Nov 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - What Are Defense Mechanisms? | Sep 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Psychology Today - Defense Mechanisms. | Aug 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Psychology - The Hierarchy of Defense Mechanisms: Assessing Defensive Functioning With the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-Sort. | Jul 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Simply Psychology - Defense Mechanisms In Psychology Explained (+ Examples). | May 07, 2025 | ||
| Revised the examples of regression and denial. | Nov 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - 20 Common Defense Mechanisms and How They Work. | Dec 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Defense Mechanisms. | Oct 03, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 31, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Defense Mechanism. | Jan 03, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 07, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | May 12, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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