Abstract:This article presents lived tensions as a significant aspect of human agency and suggests what this concept can contribute to the formulation of rich understandings of psychological phenomena. In this argument, the notion of lived tensions refers to the competing demands, contradictions, oppositions, strains, resistances, and pulls that are ubiquitously encountered as part of meaningful, agential involvement in the world. An indication of how lived tensions can be explored in psychological inquiry is provided … Show more
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