Defense mechanism responses to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide range of negative physical and mental impacts. This review begins with a theoretical explanation of the psychological defense mechanisms used to deal with the pandemic. It then discusses different categories of defense mechanisms and their roles in managing the i...
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| author | Nouf Altwaijri Turki Abualait Mohammed Aljumaan Raidah Albaradie Zahid Arain Shahid Bashir |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide range of negative physical and mental impacts. This review begins with a theoretical explanation of the psychological defense mechanisms used to deal with the pandemic. It then discusses different categories of defense mechanisms and their roles in managing the impacts of psychological distress. The aim of this review is to highlight the various psychological defense mechanisms individuals use to deal with the pandemic and to discuss how adjustment mechanisms can protect individuals from internal and external threats by shielding the integrity of the ego (the mind) and helping individuals maintain their self-schema. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89e4e15f6d66458488e01aee5ddedae82023-12-02T21:53:54ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592022-02-0110e1281110.7717/peerj.12811Defense mechanism responses to COVID-19Nouf Altwaijri0Turki Abualait1Mohammed Aljumaan2Raidah Albaradie3Zahid Arain4Shahid Bashir5King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaNeuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Liver Transplant Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaNeuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide range of negative physical and mental impacts. This review begins with a theoretical explanation of the psychological defense mechanisms used to deal with the pandemic. It then discusses different categories of defense mechanisms and their roles in managing the impacts of psychological distress. The aim of this review is to highlight the various psychological defense mechanisms individuals use to deal with the pandemic and to discuss how adjustment mechanisms can protect individuals from internal and external threats by shielding the integrity of the ego (the mind) and helping individuals maintain their self-schema.https://peerj.com/articles/12811.pdfCovid-19Defense mechanismPandemic |
| spellingShingle | Nouf Altwaijri Turki Abualait Mohammed Aljumaan Raidah Albaradie Zahid Arain Shahid Bashir Defense mechanism responses to COVID-19 PeerJ Covid-19 Defense mechanism Pandemic |
| title | Defense mechanism responses to COVID-19 |
| title_full | Defense mechanism responses to COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Defense mechanism responses to COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Defense mechanism responses to COVID-19 |
| title_short | Defense mechanism responses to COVID-19 |
| title_sort | defense mechanism responses to covid 19 |
| topic | Covid-19 Defense mechanism Pandemic |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/12811.pdf |
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