EPPP Psychology

Category - Treatment, Intervention, Prevention, and Supervision

The term emotional triangle refers to:
  1. A two-person system that experiences stress and recruits a third person to reduce tension
  2. A parental conflict transmitted to a child
  3. A person who is able to separate intellectual and emotional functions
  4. A situation in which a parent demands that a child sides with him or her
Explanation
Answer: A - An emotional triangle refers to a two-person system that experiences stress and recruits a third person to reduce tension.
With the exception of “A situation in which a parent demands that a child sides with him or her” a structural family therapy term called Triangulation, the remaining choices all refer to terms used in Bowen’s extended family systems therapy.
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