psychological reactance; oppositional behavior
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psychological reactance; oppositional mentality
Commonly used in psychology and education contexts, often in the phrase 逆反心理 (psychological reactance).
Qīng青
shào少
nián年
cháng常
cháng常
huì会
duì对
fù父
mǔ母
de的
guǎn管
jiào教
chǎn产
shēng生
nì逆
fǎn反
xīn心
lǐ理
。
Adolescents often develop psychological reactance against their parents' discipline.
Nǐ你
yuè越
jìn禁
zhǐ止
tā他
zuò做
zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
，
tā他
de的
nì逆
fǎn反
xīn心
lǐ理
jiù就
yuè越
qiáng强
。
The more you forbid him from doing this, the stronger his oppositional mentality becomes.
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Lǎo老
shī师
de的
tài态
dù度
guò过
yú于
qiáng强
yìng硬
，
fǎn反
ér而
yǐn引
qǐ起
le了
xué学
shēng生
de的
nì逆
fǎn反
qíng情
xù绪
。
The teacher's overly harsh attitude instead aroused rebellious emotions among the students.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
nì逆
fǎn反
xíng行
wéi为
zài在
qīng青
chūn春
qī期
hěn很
cháng常
jiàn见
。
This kind of oppositional behavior is very common during adolescence.