Alittle boy reverts to the oral comfort of thumb sucking on the way to his first day of school. what defense mechanism is he using? rationalization reaction formation regression projection

The defense mechanism that the little boy is using is regression. Regression, is a defense mechanism that originated from Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory, which involves actions of reverting back to an earlier age to repress anxiety such as thumb sucking.

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