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1 disinhibition 2 emotional triangulation 3 neurotransmitter 4 alcohol withdrawal syndrome
disinhibition
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（ 心 理 学 ） 抑 制 解 除 Disinhibition is used in psychology to describe a lack of restraint manifested in several ways, including disregard for social conventions, impulsivity, and poor risk assessment. Disinhibition affects motor, instinctual, emotional, cognitive and perceptual aspects with signs and symptoms similar to the diagnostic criteria for mania(躁狂). Individuals who show disinhibited behaviour tend to have challenging behaviours including verbal aggression, physical aggression, socially inappropriate behaviour, sexual disinhibition, wandering, and repetitive behaviour.
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4. What problems might children have who grow up in either violent or alcoholic homes?
Children growing up in violent or alcohol homes might have emotional triangulations, secrets and isolation, stressed relationships, failing finances and hopelessness.
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3. Why do the victims of the alcohol abuse or domestic violence tend to be socially isolated according to the author?
The victims tend to be socially isolated partly because they have internalized the blame from the abusers and mistakenly agree with the abusers that they deserve the blame.
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emotional triangulation
In family therapy, the term triangulation is most closely associated with the work of American psychiatrist Murray Bowen(1913-1990). He suggested that in the family triangulation system the third person can either be used as a substitute for the direct communication, or can be used as a messenger to carry the communication to the main party. Usually this communication is an expressed dissatisfaction with the main party. Bowen emphasized people respond to anxiety between each other by shifting the focus to a third person.
• Jerry P. Flanzer (2000) contends that alcohol abuse has a high correlation with cases of domestic violence. He points out that clinical observations have found the similarities in the behavioral sets of the family batterers and the alcohol abusers. In addition, he maintains that most families with alcoholism problems also experience domestic violence, and argues that this is because the use or abuse of alcohol by a batterer can prompt an abusive behavior, lower the abuser’s inhibitions against becoming violent, and permit the batterer to rationalize the abuse. Therefore, Flanzer concludes that alcohol is responsible for domestic violence.
Discuss on the following questions with a partner or in a group:
1. Do you know someone around you who are drinking excessively? What do you think make people abuse alcohol?
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1. What is the author’s assertion concerning alcohol abuse and family violence?
Alcohol abuse causes family violence.
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2. What do experts conclude from the clinical observations of the behaviors of abusers and their victims? From the clinical observations of the behaviors of abusers and their victims, experts conclude that the behavioral sets of both alcohol abusers and family batterers are similar.
emotional triangulation
情绪三角关系 Triangulation is most commonly used to express a situation in which one family member will not communicate directly with another family member, but will communicate with a third family member, which can lead to the third family member becoming part of the triangle.
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2. Do you think alcohol abuse is related to domestic violence? Why or why not?
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