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ACT OUT [5 records]

Record 1 1999-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Group Dynamics
CONT

Roles [in role playing] are usually assigned to various members of the groups who act out the problem situation.

CONT

A large number of roles may be enacted by the leader or by members of the group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamique des groupes
CONT

Interpréter un rôle, un personnage.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

acting out: the tendency to express urges, conflicts, and fantasies in uncontrolled action. In acting-out, the individual seeks to release impulses that are usually of a sexual or aggressive nature in order to gain relief from tension or anxiety. For instance, a girl who is afraid of men because of some traumatic family experience, but who refuses to face up to the extent of the trauma during psychotherapy because of increasing fear of it, will begin suddenly to flirt with a number of men. In this way she "proves" to herself and the therapist that she is not afraid of men and therefore does not really need to discover any cause of her fear.

CONT

Jews often speak of themselves as a neurotic people. Given the strong verbal flavor present as part of their child-rearing practices, their tendency to act out in violent ways is relatively diminished ....

CONT

In an effort to resolve the conflict between her own needs for individuality, freedom and sexuality and the cultural traditions of over-protection and chastity, the adolescent girl may become rebellious and act-out, often by running away ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

passage à l'acte : toute conduite soudaine, violente, hétéro- ou autoagressive, parfois délictueuse, qui s'observe chez les psychopathes ou parfois lors des psychothérapies, le plus souvent entre les séances. Dans ce dernier cas, il peut s'agir de l'actualisation de pulsions, passées et revécues, se substituant à l'expression verbale souhaitée. D'autres termes connexes : agissement, actualisation, mise en acte, activation, passage à l'acte.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 5 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Group Dynamics
CONT

Image breaker seminars and act-out sessions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamique des groupes
CONT

Nous distinguons l'extériorisation dans l'action psychodramatique (la mise en acte, au sens psychodramatique) et le «passage à l'acte» impulsif, souvent délictueux, agressif, transférentiel (au sens psychanalytique).

Spanish

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