Problem
Psychological alienation
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Nature:
Individuals may be at war with themselves, torn between different attitudes and values. This is particularly true where the value-system ingrained during the years of youth is later confronted by rapidly changing social conditions and demands. A person, in attempting to adjust to these, becomes alienated from his tradition, which gives rise to guilt, doubt and confusion and considerable inner suffering. Individuals may also lose their self-worth. In its intense form psychological alienation is pathological and sociopathic.
Broader Problems:
AlienationMental illness Fragmentation of the human personality Narrower Problems:
Psychological inertiaPsychological conflictInterpersonal estrangementPsychological ungroundednessPsychological withdrawal of childrenInhibition of individual psychological development through life phases Related Problems:
LonelinessDisorders of consciousnessUnderdevelopment of countriesAnti-social personality disorders Aggravates:
PrejudiceNegativismSocial isolationPsychotic violenceCounter-dependencyUnwanted changes of personality Strategies:
Relieving social alienation Subject(s):
Psychology → Psychology Society → Disadvantaged
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST