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Gavriel-Fried, Belle; Teichman, Meir – Journal of Drug Education, 2007
The study examines the issue of ego identity among adolescent sons of alcoholic fathers. Forty-four adolescent sons of alcoholic fathers, age of 15-18, constituted the sample. They were drawn from public alcohol treatment center in Israel. The control group included 60 adolescents none of their parents is known as an alcoholic, sampled from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Fathers, Defense Mechanisms
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Grabe, Shelly; Routledge, Clay; Cook, Alison; Andersen, Christie; Arndt, Jamie – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2005
Previous research has illustrated the negative psychological consequences of female body objectification. The present study explores how female body objectification may serve as a defense against unconscious existential fears. Drawing from terror management theory, an experiment was designed to test the potential functionality of female body…
Descriptors: Females, Human Body, Self Concept, Gender Differences