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The 12 pages that link to Defense mechanism, each with the reason it gives.

• PsychoanalysisRelated: Defenses are proposed ways the ego manages conflict and anxiety.

• CopingCompared with: Defense mechanisms are typically described as unconscious, unlike deliberate coping strategies.

• Object relations theoryRelated: Defenses such as splitting organize experience of self and others in the theory.

• Anna FreudBroader topic: She classified defenses as central operations of the ego.

• Identification (psychology)Narrower topic: Some forms of identification operate as defenses that manage anxiety or threat.

• Karen HorneyRelated: Her account describes neurotic strategies that defend against basic anxiety.

• Projection (psychology)Narrower topic: Projection belongs to this broader family of processes that manage psychological conflict.

• Electric rayRelated: A strong discharge can discourage predators and other threats.

• Psychodynamic psychotherapyBroader topic: Identifying defenses helps explain how painful feelings remain outside awareness.

• Ego psychologyBroader topic: Defense mechanisms are central ways the ego manages conflict and protects functioning.

• Psychoanalytic theoryBroader topic: Defenses explain how people keep threatening wishes and feelings outside awareness.

• PsychodynamicsBroader topic: Defenses manage the anxiety produced by motives a person cannot readily acknowledge.