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Repressive Coping and Health
The origins of the term repression can be traced back to Sigmund Freud, who considered repression as a mechanism of stopping anxiety-reaching consciousness. The modern usage of repression also refers to repression as a way of not attending to negative, emotional information.
However, the use of the term has been considerably developed since the time of Freud. Nowadays, the most popular usage of repression recognizes it as an individual difference variable (or trait), and is thought of as a specific type of coping or defense mechanism that ...
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