Research indicates that, in general, the least effective and least satisfying response to the tension generated by relational dialectics is to

A) honor one need and repress the contradictory one.
B) compromise to meet both needs somewhat but to meet neither need completely.
C) meet each need sequentially-one, then the other.
D) repress both needs.
E) there is no research on the relational effects of different responses to relational dialectics.


A

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