One of the Challenges to the Defense Mechanism Theory Is

question 23

Multiple Choice

One of the challenges to the defense mechanism theory is that research has found that

• A) substance abusing clients do not use denial more frequently than other groups.
• B) most substance abusing clients do not engage in defense mechanisms.
• C) only patients in rehabilitation programs utilize the defense of denial.
• D) substance abusing clients actually use defenses that have never been studied before.

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