Table 4.
Correlations between the 30-item Defense Mechanism Rating Scales Self-Report (DMRS-SR-30) and the DMRS (criterion measure) and the DMRS-Q (concurrent measure) for overall defensive functioning (ODF) and defense levels.
| DMRS-SR-30 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODF | High adaptive | Obsessional | Neurotic | Minor I-D | Disavowal | Major I-D | Action | ||||
| ODF | |||||||||||
| DMRS | .726** | .658** | .128 | −.172 | −.187 | −.384** | −.502** | −.497** | |||
| DMRS-Q | .626** | .560** | .108 | −.127 | −.208* | −.242* | −.456** | −.431** | |||
| High adaptive | |||||||||||
| DMRS | .640** | .709** | −.117 | −.349** | −.182 | −.353** | −.406** | −.319** | |||
| DMRS-Q | .514** | .553** | −.110 | −.239* | −.124 | −.253* | −.320** | −.307** | |||
| Obsessional | |||||||||||
| DMRS | .032 | −.202* | .657** | .169 | −.097 | .006 | −.057 | −.134 | |||
| DMRS-Q | .061 | .078 | .457** | −.090 | −.054 | −.001 | .160 | .107 | |||
| Neurotic | |||||||||||
| DMRS | −.173 | −.278* | −.021 | .770** | −.219* | −.032 | .092 | −.001 | |||
| DMRS-Q | −.125 | −.186 | −.004 | .575** | −.296* | .005 | .092 | .041 | |||
| Minor image distorting | |||||||||||
| DMRS | −.181 | −.197 | −.069 | −.173 | .638** | −.051 | .050 | .070 | |||
| DMRS-Q | .012 | −.013 | .075 | −.161 | .270** | −.071 | .073 | .073 | |||
| Disavowal | |||||||||||
| DMRS | −.235* | −.243* | −.023 | −.058 | −.010 | .630** | .018 | .043 | |||
| DMRS-Q | −362** | −.324** | −.122 | −.052 | .187 | .419** | .113 | .113 | |||
| Major image distorting | |||||||||||
| DMRS | −.500** | −.449** | −.069 | .274* | −.035 | .012 | .699** | .204* | |||
| DMRS-Q | −.406** | −.323** | −.107 | .160 | −.071 | .039 | .502** | .274** | |||
| Action | |||||||||||
| DMRS | −.459** | −.281* | −.234* | −.108 | .068 | .168 | .214* | .594** | |||
| DMRS-Q | −.510** | −.387** | −.209* | .038 | .188 | .101 | .349** | .471** | |||
*p < .05; **p < .001.