what's the defense mechanism?

[GingerSue]

This is just a review of mental health material

if a teenage male student was cut from a sports team during tryouts, and then states that "I was cut because the coach doesn't like me." - would the defense mechanism be rationalization?

[chadash]

This is just a review of mental health material

if a teenage male student was cut from a sports team during tryouts, and then states that "I was cut because the coach doesn't like me." - would the defense mechanism be rationalization?

Yep.