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  2. Abnormality (behavior) - Wikipedia

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    Abnormality (or dysfunctional behavior or maladaptive behavior or deviant behavior) is a behavioral characteristic assigned to those with conditions that are regarded as dysfunctional. [1] [2] Behavior is considered to be abnormal when it is atypical or out of the ordinary, consists of undesirable behavior, and results in impairment in the ...

  3. Is Your Family Toxic? Here's How to Know If You Should ... - AOL

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    While their actions or behavior may not be the sole reason for a given issue, refusing to take any accountability is a red flag. ... Dysfunctional family dynamics “warp your whole sense of self ...

  4. Dysfunctional family - Wikipedia

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    A dysfunctional family affects familial ties and creates conflicts in the same family space. A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly.

  5. Models of abnormality - Wikipedia

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    When it comes to the treatment of abnormal behavior or mental disorder, the cognitive model is quite similar to the behavioural model but with the main difference that, instead of teaching the patient to behave differently, it teaches the patient to think differently. It is hoped that if the patient's feelings and emotions towards something are ...

  6. Abnormal psychology - Wikipedia

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    Although many behaviors could be considered as abnormal, this branch of psychology typically deals with behavior in a clinical context. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 1–4 There is a long history of attempts to understand and control behavior deemed to be aberrant or deviant (statistically, functionally, morally, or in some other sense), and there is often ...

  7. Mode deactivation therapy - Wikipedia

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    Mode deactivation therapy (MDT) is a psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, maladaptive behaviors and cognitive processes and contents through a number of goal-oriented, explicit systematic procedures.

  8. Emotional dysregulation - Wikipedia

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    These feelings may be accompanied by support-seeking behaviors such as clinging, smothering, or seeking to control. [30] The counterpart of emotional dysregulation, emotional regulation, strengthens relationships. The ability to regulate negative emotions in particular is linked to positive coping and thus higher relationship satisfaction. [48]

  9. Triangulation (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Usually, this communication is an expressed dissatisfaction with the main party. For example, in a dysfunctional family in which there is alcoholism present, the non-drinking parent will go to a child and express dissatisfaction with the drinking parent. This includes the child in the discussion of how to solve the problem of the alcoholic parent.