The document discusses conflict as a painful emotional state arising from contradictory desires and presents various types of conflict, including approach-approach, avoidance-avoidance, approach-avoidance, and multiple approach-avoidance conflicts. It highlights the nature of internal conflicts, which can be conscious or unconscious, and outlines steps for conflict resolution such as identifying causes, adjusting goals, and seeking advice. Overall, the focus is on understanding and managing conflict in both personal and interpersonal contexts.

1. CONFLICT
MR.ANISH.V.A .M.Sc (N),M.Sc (C&P)
PRINCIPAL & HOD IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
MURLIDHAR COLLEGE OF NURSING, RAJKOT

3. Introduction
• One cause of stress.
• Painful state or condition of an individual
leads to emotional tension.
• Conflict occurs when one has to select
between equally desirable or equally
undesirable goals. These desires are
contradictory in nature and cannot satisfy
fully at same time.

4. Definition
• Conflict means a painful emotional state,
which results from a tension between
opposed and contradictory wishes.(Douglas
and Holland)

7. Types of conflict
• Approach-approach conflict
• A situation involving a choice between two equally desirable
but incompatible alternatives.
• Ex.- there are a two courses that you want to take, but they are
scheduled for the same time.
• Avoidance-avoidance conflict
• Conflict whereby one must choose between two more or less
equally undesirable or unattractive goals.
• decide between doing unwanted homework (avoidance) and
doing unwanted house chores (avoidance).

8. • Approach-avoidance conflict
• both positive and negative effects or characteristics that
make the goal appealing and unappealing simultaneously.
• For example, marriage is a momentous decision that has
both positive and negative aspects.
Multiple approach-avoidance conflict
• number of alternatives and each one is positive or negative.
An example of this is making a visit to a foreign city.

9. Internal conflicts
• Conflicts may be between one person and another or
between a person and his environment or may be within
the person himself.
• Conflict within a person is called internal conflicts,
conflicts between one’s motives, desires, sentiments and
attitudes.
• Internal conflicts may be conscious or unconscious.
• In conscious case we aware of the causes or resources of
our conflicts.
• In unconscious case, we are not aware of the real motives
causing conflicts.

10. Conflict resolution

12. Resolution of conflicts
• Identify the causes and try to change or control it, learn to
accept it.
• Check everything before taking a decision.
• Review the situation again.
• Change our goals or modify our desires.
• Substitute our goals by others, which are equally satisfying
but are different and achievable.
• Seek advice from experts, parents, relatives or friends.
• Encourage full expression of positive and negative feelings
within an accepting atmosphere.
• Avoid hesitancy