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A nurse is teaching a class about child abuse. What defense mechanism most often used by the physically abusive individual should the nurse include?

ExplanationD. Displacement is a defense mechanism in which one’s pent-up feelings toward a threatening person are discharged on less-threatening others. A. Repression is the unintentional putting out of the mind unacceptable or troubling thoughts, desires, or experiences. B. Transference is a mechanism by which affects or emotional tones are shifted from one individual to another; it is unrelated to child abuse. C. Manipulation is a mechanism by which individuals attempt to manage, control, or use others to suit their own purpose or to gain an advantage; it is unrelated to child abuse.