The parents of a school-age client who was sexually abused by a minist

The parents of a school-age client who was sexually abused by a minister want to know why someone who is sexually attracted to children would choose to go into the ministry.

The nurse explains that the displacement of sexual drives into socially acceptable activities is which type of defense mechanism?
1. Repression
2. Sublimation
3. Substitution
4. Undoing

ANSWER

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Repression is an unconscious mechanism by which threatening thoughts and feelings are kept from becoming conscious.
Rationale 2: Sublimation is displacement of sexual drives into more socially acceptable activities.
Rationale 3: Substitution is a mechanism in which highly valued, unacceptable, or unavailable objects are replaced by less valuable, acceptable, or available objects.
Rationale 4: Undoing is an action or words designed to cancel out some disapproved thoughts, impulses, or acts or in which the person acts to make reparation for a wrong.