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Defensive Style in Alcoholics and Nonalcoholics

Dennis M. Donovan, Damaris J. Rohsenow, Edward J. Schau, Michael R. O’Leary

SUMMARY. After testing with the Controlled Repression-Sensitization Scale, 38 alcoholics were found to place greater reliance on sensitizing defenses than nonal-coholics. A test of the Defense Mechanism Inventory found no differences between alcoholics and controls.