Immature defense mechanisms mediate the relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms

ObjectiveThis study aimed to analyze the patterns of life events (LEs) and defense mechanisms in outpatients with depression and investigate the mediating role of defense mechanisms in the association between LEs and depressive symptoms in a psychosomatic outpatient sample in China.Materials and met...

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Main Authors: Dandan Ma, Jinya Cao, Jing Wei, Jing Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1341288/full