@article{BrantsSchuyDorsetal.2019,
  author    = {Loni Brants and Katrin Schuy and Simone Dors and Marie Horzetzky and Heinrich Rau and Gerd Willmund and Andreas Str{\"o}hle and Stefan Siegel},
  title     = {Fighter, Corpsman, Partisan: an Attempt to Typify Former Soldiers Based on their Coping and Defense Mechanisms},
  series   = {Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science},
  volume    = {2019},
  doi       = {10.1007/s12124-019-09507-1},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {This work strives to develop a typological classification of the use of conscious and unconscious defense and coping mechanisms based on methodically and structurally collected data from a qualitative survey of 43 former soldiers in Germany. Seven coping and defense types were identified: the Fighter, the Comrade, the Corpsman, the Strategist, the Partisan, the Self-Protector and the Infantryman. The types identified differed with regard to the accumulation, combination, and use of their conscious and unconscious defense and coping mechanisms in the superordinate areas of behaviour, relationships, emotions, reflexivity and time focus. The typological classification could offer psychotherapeutic interventions tailored to individuals and their defense and coping mechanisms, which could lead to improved therapy use and compliance.},
  language  = {en}
}