بررسي تطبيقي ميزان و نحوه استفاده از مكانيسم هاي دفاعي در بين بيماران ديابتي و افراد سالم در سال 1386

A comparative study of level and way of using defense mechanisms by diabetic and healthy individuals in 2007

Background: Nowadays, social relations have been become more complex and mental diseases have been raised. So, it will be necessary that people become more famili ar with method s of opposition and psychol ogical defense mechanism s which is esp ecially important for individuals with special diseases. Purpose of the present research was to study the level and way of using defense mechan isms by diabetic and healthy people. Materials and methods: In this case-control study , among 500 diabetic peopl e who visited in Imam Khomeini hospital of Ardebil in years 2006- 2007 , 40 diabeti c and 40 healthy people were selec ted by systematic sampling method . Information was gathered by means of a questionnaire prep ared by Qamari (1383) according to defen se function measu re (DSM-IV). Data were compared between two group s by t-test. Results: There was significant relation between education and job with the way of how using defen se mechanisms. While , level of using defense mechanisms betw een men and women, patients and nonpatients, and single and married people was not significant. Conclusion: In general, diabetic and non-dia beti c peopl e, especially jobless and low educated subjects need further information about defense mechanisms.