APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Defense Mechanisms of Men and Women with Histrionic Personality Traits

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Tony Young
    Louisiana Tech University
  • Mary Barrilleaux
    Louisiana Tech University
  • Mallory Garza
    Louisiana Tech University
  • Michael Garza
    Louisiana Tech University

Abstract

Researchers were interested in which defense mechanisms predicted histrionic personality pathology characteristics in both men and women. Researchers found omnipotence, reaction formation, and affiliation predicted histrionic personality pathology in men and women. Clinical implications are discussed.

Personality Traits

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