PMID- 9256528 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970919 LR - 20191102 IS - 0009-398X (Print) IS - 0009-398X (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 1 DP - 1997 Fall TI - Defense reactions and coping strategies in normal adolescents. PG - 45-56 AB - In exploring the relationship between defense reactions and coping strategies in a non-clinic sample of adolescents (N = 81), we assessed: defense structure by the Bond Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ); coping behaviors by the Coping Responses Inventory-Youth Form (CRI-Youth); and general adjustment by Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) ratings. Defense reactions and coping strategies were modestly associated and made independent contributions in predicting the GAF. Mature and immature defenses and avoidance coping comprised the optimal combination in predicting the GAF, accounting for 20% of GAF variance. It is therefore important to assess both unconscious and conscious processes when assessing general functioning in normal adolescents. FAU - Erickson, S AU - Erickson S AD - Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5540, USA. FAU - Feldman, S S AU - Feldman SS FAU - Steiner, H AU - Steiner H LA - eng GR - 5 T32 MH19908-03/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Child Psychiatry Hum Dev JT - Child psychiatry and human development JID - 1275332 SB - IM MH - *Adaptation, Psychological MH - Adolescent MH - *Defense Mechanisms MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Personality Inventory MH - *Psychology, Adolescent MH - Reference Values MH - Social Adjustment EDAT- 1997/10/01 00:00 MHDA- 1997/10/01 00:01 CRDT- 1997/10/01 00:00 PHST- 1997/10/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/10/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/10/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1023/a:1025145119301 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1997 Fall;28(1):45-56. doi: 10.1023/a:1025145119301.