A test for diagnosing psychological defense mechanisms.

Displacement: 40%
Substitution: 10%
Projection: 25%
Hypercompensation: 40%
Regression: 41%
Denial: 45%
Compensation: 30%
Rationalization: 42%
Overall tension: 35% (average: 40-50%)

Psychological defense mechanism:

Denial. A psychological defense mechanism through which a person either denies certain frustrating, anxiety-provoking circumstances or some internal impulse or aspect denies itself. As a rule, the effect of this mechanism manifests in the denial of those aspects of external reality that, although obvious to others, are nevertheless not accepted or acknowledged by the person themselves. In other words, information that is disturbing and could lead to conflict is not perceived. This refers to a conflict that arises when motives that contradict a person's core beliefs are manifested, or information that threatens their self-preservation, self-esteem, or social prestige.

As a process directed outward, denial is often contrasted with displacement as a psychological defense against internal, instinctive demands and impulses. Notably, the authors of the IJS methodology explain the presence of increased suggestibility and trust in histrionic personalities by the action of the denial mechanism, with which undesirable, internally unacceptable traits, properties, or negative feelings towards the subject of experience are denied in the social environment. As experience shows, denial as a psychological defense mechanism is realized in conflicts of any kind and is characterized by a clearly distorted perception of reality.