The present paper considers peculiar issues associated with the psychological self-defense in adolescents after committing homicides and its effectiveness when they deal with existential issues. The main characteristics of a psychological self-defense are studied, such as an overall tension degree of the entire self-defense system; the dominant self-defense mechanisms are revealed, the tension degree of every mechanism alongside a wide range of forms they take are evaluated.
psihologicheskaya zaschita «Ya», nesovershennoletnie podrostki, gomicidnye deystviya
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