Term ID: T5759

Unconscious Loyalty Conflict

/unconscious-loyalty-conflict/
Automatic emotional struggle between competing allegiances that exists outside of conscious awareness.
Example: Unconscious conflict between loyalty to family of origin and commitment to spouse affecting relationship dynamics.

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Reference: Boszormenyi-Nagy & Spark (1973)