approach-avoidance conflict
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ap·proach-a·void·ance con·flict
a situation of indecision and vacillation in which an individual is confronted with a single object or event that has both attractive and unattractive qualities. See: ambivalence.
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approach-avoidance conflict
Psychology An intrapersonal conflict characterized by both attraction towards and repulsion from somethingMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ap·proach-avoid·ance con·flict
(ă-prōchă-voydăns konflikt)State of indecision and vacillation in which someone is confronted with a single object or event with both attractive and unattractive qualities.
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