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The construct of pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is relatively new and contested. Clinical reports indicate a population who obsessively resist everyday demands and have an extreme need for control. Children and adolescents who might experience PDA, and their families, struggle significantly in their daily lives, creating a need for more resear...
The construct of pathological or extreme demand avoidance (EDA) is used to describe the experience of avoiding demands and having an extreme need for control. However, the EDA construct is contested by researchers and educational psychology practitioners. To investigate the utility and validity of the construct of EDA, this qualitative study explor...
The construct of pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is relatively new and contested. Clinical reports indicate a population who obsessively resist everyday demands and have a need for control which is pervasive and extreme in nature. Individuals struggle in their daily lives with significant impact on families. The construct has no agreed definiti...
