Look up: double-bind


  1. double bind
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. a type of personal interaction in which one receives two mutually conflicting verbal or nonverbal instructions or demands from the same person or different people, resulting in a situation in which either compliance or noncompliance with either alternative threatens one of...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=10227

  2. double bind
    [n] - (psychology) an unresolvable dilemma
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=double%20bind

  3. double bind
    A type of personal interaction in which one receives two mutually conflicting verbal or nonverbal instructions or demands from the same person or different individuals, resulting in a situation in which either compliance or noncompliance with either alternative threatens one of the needed relationsh...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?double+bind

  4. double bind
    noun (psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=double%20bind

  5. double bind
    (dub´әl bīnd´) a type of paradoxical communication or interaction in which one person demands a response to a message that contains mutually contradictory signals (verbal or nonverbal). The other person is unable to comment on the incongruity or to escape the situation.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  6. Double bind
    A double bind is an emotionally distressing dilemma in communication in which an individual (or group) receives two or more conflicting messages, in which one message negates the other. This creates a situation in which a successful response to one message results in a failed response to the other ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bind

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