Psychological conflict

Personal or psychological conflict refers to a situation in which a person is motivated to engage in two or more mutually exclusive or incompatible activities. It occurs when the overt, verbal, symbolic, or emotional responses required to fulfill one motive are incompatible with those required to fulfill another.

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Psychological conflict. Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (2020, October 4). https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/psychological-conflict

Psychological. English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Dictionary, C. (2025). Retrieved from: https://bit.ly/3WUPSMv