Interrelation between defensive mechanisms and coping strategies in psychiatry trainees in Romania: a multicenter study

Autor: Anca-Livia Panfil, Mirela Frandes, Aurel Nirestean, Marinela Hurmuz, Diana Lungeanu, Madalina Cristanovici, Laura Lemeti, Andra Isac, Ion Papava, Cristina Bredicean
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Annals of General Psychiatry, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1744-859X
DOI: 10.1186/s12991-020-00307-1
Popis: Abstract Background The challenges faced by professionals when working in the field of psychiatry require the development of adequate defensive and coping mechanisms. This study aimed to explore both coping strategies and defense mechanisms and their relationship in psychiatry trainees in Romania. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine and evaluate both defensive and coping mechanisms of Romanian psychiatry trainees. Defensive Style Questionnaire-60 and COPE scale were applied to psychiatry trainees from five training centers in Romania. By applying structural equation modeling, models that presumed the existence of relationships between coping strategies and defensive mechanisms were analyzed. Results Superior defense mechanisms and task-oriented coping strategies were the commonly used approaches by psychiatry trainees. Furthermore, significantly consistent correlations (ranging from 0.2 to 0.5) between adaptive defense mechanisms and coping strategies focused on the problem or emotion were shown. Similarly, avoidant coping strategies correlated with non-adaptive defense mechanisms (correlations between 0.3 and 0.5). Our model presented good fit indices (X 2(34) = 64.324, p
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