A Differential Study of Defence Mechanism of Private and Government High School Students

The present study aims at investigating the defence mechanism of private and government high school students. The study was conducted on a sample of 100 high school students of Raipur district (C.G) in which 50 were from Private high school students and 50 were from government high school students. Systematic sampling technique was used for data collection. The tool was used Defence Mechanism Inventory developed by Mrinal and Singhal was used for data collection. This inventory consist 200 items. It measures five dimensions of defence mechanism-Turning against self (TAS), Turning against objective (TAO), Principalization (PRN), Reversal (REV) and Projection (PRO), for high school students. T-test was used for data analysis. The results revealed that Private high school students and government high school students show difference in five dimensions of defence mechanism.