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What are the 4 ways to manage dialectical tension?
Strategies for managing dialectical tensions include denial, disorientation, alternation, segmentation, balance, integration, recalibration, and reaffirmation.
What is Leslie Baxter’s relational dialectics theory?
The theory, proposed respectively by Leslie Baxter and Barbara Montgomery in 1988, defines communication patterns between relationship partners as the result of endemic dialectical tensions. When making decisions, desires and viewpoints that often contradict one another are mentioned and lead to dialectical tensions.
How do you do dialectics?
Here are a few ways to be more dialectical day to day:
- Change your thinking from all-or-nothing to both-and, and soften extreme language (e.g., always, never).
- Dialectics are a good way to validate yourself while still pushing for change.
- Enter the paradox.
- Practice dialectics by actively looking for them in your life.
How do you deal with Relational Dialectics?
Managing Relational Dialectics
- Alternation- prioritising the problems alternatively.
- Denial- being one sided while confronting a problem while ignoring the other.
- Segmentation- dealing with the problem one-sidedly.
- Disorientation- avoiding the problem by terminating the relationship.
How does autonomy and connection work in a relationship?
If there is a power struggle in a relationship, the other polarity (opposite autonomy) is connection. The core conflict of any power struggle in a relationship has to do with the autonomy/connection continuum. While we need to consciously and strongly advocate for each other’s autonomy in relationship, we also both need to advocate…
What is the idea of autonomy and closeness?
Both autonomy and closeness are natural human needs; the idea is to conserve our individuality, and at the mean time, to nurture connections. To me, this concept is the opposition between union and individuality.
Why do we have limited autonomy as adults?
No matter how positive or negative your experiences with parents or peers, those experiences have a permanent influence on your adult personality. Furthermore, we normally remain unaware of most of these early influences, and that is precisely why we will have limited autonomy at best.
Why does an inner directed person feel autonomous?
Interestingly, inner-directed persons feel autonomous because they easily resist peer influence and follow what is in their heart. What an inner-directed person does not realize is that what is in his or her heart is essentially a copy of his or her parents’ values.