Identification includes
- compensation
- conversion
- denial
- displacement
- projection
- rationalization
- regression
- repression.
Refer to Unit IX in Nurse Aide Curriculum, Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2018.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are the different coping mechanisms that individuals may demonstrate?
- What are the different defense mechanisms that individuals may demonstrate?
- Why might a client/resident/patient use a coping or defense mechanism?