Statistics for Defense Mechanisms

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Defintion	Defense Mechanism	% Correct
refusal to accept reality because it is too threatening	denial	83%
A person buries uncomfortable thoughts into unconscious mind	repression	83%
psychologically balancing a weak area with a strong area	compensation	50%
relegating blame for one's own mistakes and/or short-comings to others	projection	50%
belief in opposite of true belief, because it causes anxiety	reaction formation	33%
shifts emotion from original object to a less threatening substitute	displacement	17%
escaping from reality by taking mental/physical flight; daydreaming	fantasy	17%
cannot accept real reasons for behavior, therefore, justifies actions	rationalization	0%

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