ميكانيزمات الدفاع وعلاقتها بالتفكير عالي الرتبة: دراسة ميدانية على عينة من طلبة قسمي علم النفس والإرشاد النفسي في كلية التربية بجامعة دمشق

Abstract EN

This research aims at finding out the possible relationship between defense mechanisms and high order thinking.

The sample of the study consists of 283 third year students, males and females from the psychology and counseling departments in the faculty of education, Damascus University.

The research postulated that defense mechanisms performance has positive correlation with high order thinking.

The research also tried to answer the question: Are there any differences in defense mechanisms and high order thinking that result from the following variables: gender, high school certificate, specialization.

The results show the following: there is a positive correlation between defense mechanisms and high order thinking; the gender factor also has an effect on defense mechanisms and high order thinking; the high school certificate factor also has an effect on defense mechanisms and high order thinking; the specialization factor has no effect on defense mechanisms and high order thinking.