Resistance to change or the neurotic paradox
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https://doi.org/10.33898/rdp.v12i46/47.542Keywords:
resistencia, cambio, paradoja neurótica, razonamiento pragmático, balance psicológicoAbstract
From the point of view of general or basic psychology the phenomenon of resistance is considered in this article as a paradox. Why people can’t change? Why they maintain dysfunctional behaviours or irrational beliefs? The concepts as pragmatic reasoning and psychological balance are used as appropriate tools to understand these phenomena.
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