1. 防御机制：在这样的处境中,当事人会采取某些防御机制(defense mechanism)来保证原来的自我概念. 这些防御机制包括前文提及的否定、歪曲或用片面的方法去解释所发生的事情即合理化(rationalization),藉以避免因要改变自我概念而引起的精神痛苦.

2. 防御机制防卫机制：defense 防御 | defense mechanism 防御机制防卫机制 | defense mechanism theory 防御机制论

noun

1. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

Synonym: defense reactiondefence mechanismdefence reactiondefensedefence