A nurse sees a 12-year-old female for a well-child visit. The child’s mother is concerned that since a recent car accident, the child wants to co-sleep with the mother and is afraid of the dark. The nurse explains that this is representative of which defense mechanism?
dissociation
reaction formation
acting out
regression
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