Multiple Choice
A patient's initial reaction to being told she has a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is to insist that the nurse made a mistake with the test. The defense mechanism that BEST explains this behavior is:
A) regression.
B) repression.
C) denial.
D) rationalization.
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