Defense mechanisms involving approach and avoidance responses to threatening stimuli. The sensitizing process involves intellectualization in approaching or controlling the stimulus whereas repression involves unconscious denial in avoiding the stimulus.
Entry Term(s)
Repression-Sensitization Scales
Previous Indexing
Repression (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note
73; REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION SCALES was heading 1975-96 (see under REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION 1975-90)
History Note
73(71); REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION SCALES was heading 1975-96 (see under REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION 1975-90)
Defense mechanisms involving approach and avoidance responses to threatening stimuli. The sensitizing process involves intellectualization in approaching or controlling the stimulus whereas repression involves unconscious denial in avoiding the stimulus.
