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innere Distanz

English translation: emotional detachment

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German term or phrase:innere Distanz
English translation:emotional detachment
Entered by: Susan Welsh

16:15 Dec 30, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / clinical psychology
German term or phrase: innere Distanz
The meaning is clear, but is "inner distance" an appropriate English technical term? I find few examples of it on the web, but am not sure what term is used instead. Emotional withdrawal perhaps?

Die Autoren schlossen daraus, dass Variablen wie Desinteresse, **innere Distanz** und mangelnde emotionale Verfügbarkeit die Fähigkeit eines Vaters mindern, die Interaktion mit seinem Kind zu suchen oder sich an dieser zu erfreuen, was wiederum negative Folgen für die Entwicklung und das psychische Wohlbefinden des Kindes nach sich zieht.

Thanks!
Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 17:37
emotional distance
Explanation:
There are unmistakable similarities in the portrayal of the father-child relationship, most notably the recurring themes of authoritarian behaviour and emotional distance.
http://www.gfl-journal.de/2-2005/priester-steding.html

Parents are not very involved in their children's lives, or are emotionally distant
http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/sibabuse.htm
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Susanne Schiewe
Germany
Local time: 23:37
Grading comment
Thanks to all. I think "detachment" may sound best. (Others proposed this in later answers, but it is offered here for the first time.)
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5emotional distance
Susanne Schiewe
3 +2detachedness
Norbert Hermann
3inner distance
burakorakcioglu
3emotional detachment
Lirka
1inner dissociation
Audrey Foster (X)


Discussion entries: 4





  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
inner distance


Explanation:
I've just come across an article about Max Weber in which the concept of "inner distance" is explained. Apparently it refers to how Max Weber conceived of humans and their personality. I guess that it is a common term used in psychology and sociology.

Please see the link for a detailed explaination.


    Reference: http://hhs.sagepub.com/cgi/pdf_extract/4/1/61
burakorakcioglu
Germany
Local time: 23:37
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Susanne Schiewe: I can't find a detailed explaination in your reference. I think Weber's concept of 'inner distance' refers to sth. else
7 mins
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
emotional distance


Explanation:
There are unmistakable similarities in the portrayal of the father-child relationship, most notably the recurring themes of authoritarian behaviour and emotional distance.
http://www.gfl-journal.de/2-2005/priester-steding.html

Parents are not very involved in their children's lives, or are emotionally distant
http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/sibabuse.htm

Susanne Schiewe
Germany
Local time: 23:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks to all. I think "detachment" may sound best. (Others proposed this in later answers, but it is offered here for the first time.)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Teresa Reinhardt: or emotional detachment
34 mins
  -> thanks, Theresa
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: auch mit Teresas Variante
45 mins
  -> danke, Johanna
agree  philgoddard
4 hrs
  -> thanks, philgoddard
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): w/ Teresa
4 hrs
neutral  Lirka: I think it refers to behavioral patterns displayed towards other people, not the "inner" world.--
10 hrs
agree  Annett Kottek (X)
13 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
detachedness


Explanation:
or disengagement

These two options appear to convey the same thing - or not?

Sati bleibt losgelöst und distanziert, eben ein Zuschauer. Ohne gleich zu reagieren, wird das Erfahrene durch diese innere Distanz in viel umfangreicherer ...
www.theravadanetz.de/txt_sati.html

(Psychology) having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested


    Reference: http://www.brocku.ca/MeadProject/Kantor/1929/1929_07.html
    Reference: http://www.glossary.com/reference.php?q=Detachment
Norbert Hermann
Local time: 22:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: "Detachment" is far more common than detachedness.
4 hrs
  -> Thank you and Happy New Year!
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): detachment
4 hrs
  -> Thank you and Happy New Year!
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
emotional detachment


Explanation:
from wikipedia: "Emotional detachment, in psychology, can mean two different things. In the first meaning, it refers to an inability to connect with others emotionally, as well as a means of dealing with anxiety by preventing certain situations that trigger it; it is often described as "emotional numbing" or dissociation, Depersonalization or in its chronic form Depersonalization disorder. ****In the second sense, it is a type of mental assertiveness that allows people to maintain their boundaries and psychic integrity when faced with the emotional demands of another person or group of persons.**** These senses are within the framework of psychology and academia, not those of everyone else in the world."

Lirka
Austria
Local time: 23:37
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
inner dissociation


Explanation:
perhaps ?

Audrey Foster (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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